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Correggio: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Reggio nell'Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Fosdondo 1, Correggio.

Correggio, the painter's town on the Reggio Emilia plain

Antonio Allegri, the Renaissance painter, went down in history under the name of his home town: Correggio. The writer Pier Vittorio Tondelli and the singer Luciano Ligabue also come from here. Correggio lies on the plain north-east of Reggio Emilia, roughly halfway to Carpi, and keeps a historic centre with arcaded streets and the Palazzo dei Principi.

Around the centre are residential districts, industrial areas and farmland of dairy barns and fields linked to Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and Lambrusco wine, with scattered villages such as Canolo, Fosdondo and Mandrio. Buyers can choose between a flat in the centre, a house in the newer districts or an old farmhouse to restore, where structure, roof and services need checking.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 25,159 residents at the end of 2023, up 1.3% on 2011. The average age of 45.0 is close to the provincial figure, foreign nationals make up 10.8% and average incomes are above the provincial average. There are 0.99 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the 0.83 of the province.

In the province 8 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 and the rest in zone 3. Correggio is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.153 g. The earthquakes of May 2012 had their epicentres a little to the north-east, in the lowlands around Modena, and showed that the Emilian plain shakes too. For an older building, ask whether surveys or repairs were carried out after those shocks.

The plain is crossed by drainage canals, and flood hazard has to be read for the exact address, which the report does with the official maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces the building's plot.

Key points

  • Birthplace of the painter Correggio, arcades and Palazzo dei Principi.
  • 25,159 residents, up 1.3% since 2011.
  • 0.99 schools per 1,000 residents, above the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.153 g.

Overview

Correggio is a municipality in the province of Reggio nell'Emilia, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 25,159 residents, the third most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Correggio is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (34 of 42) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.153 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 1.3%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 10.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Correggio declared an average taxable income of 28,131 euros, in line with the province (27,273 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Correggio is in climate zone E, with 2,521 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 31 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Correggio has 25 schools and 7 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 12 grocery shops and supermarkets, 15 healthcare facilities, 19 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.6 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 15.6% of the land in Correggio, compared with 11.1% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Correggio is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Correggio. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Correggio: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Correggio are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 158 inhabited census areas in Correggio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.0%
  • fair 51.1%
  • good 46.9%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 035020. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.