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Crevalcore: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Bologna, 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 Provanone 220, Crevalcore.

Crevalcore, the Bologna lowlands on the Modena border

Crevalcore is open plain, all fields, drainage canals and scattered farmhouses, in the north-western corner of the province of Bologna, on the border with the Modena area. Bologna is about thirty kilometres to the south-east; San Giovanni in Persiceto and Modena are both closer. Commuters to Bologna have the Bologna to Verona railway, with a station in town and regional trains into the city.

The town still bears the marks of the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, which damaged churches, public buildings and many homes here. Most buildings have been repaired or rebuilt with reconstruction grants, and some were demolished. For a buyer today this has to be checked house by house: a building strengthened or rebuilt after 2012 often has a better structure than one left as it was. Ask for the reconstruction file, the list of work done and the structural sign-off.

Crevalcore is in seismic zone 3, like 42 other municipalities around Bologna, but its expected ground acceleration is about 0.157 g, high for this zone, and 2012 showed that the plain can shake hard too.

There are 13,981 residents in 2023, up 3.4% since 2011. The town is younger than the province, with an average age of 45.0 against 46.6, and has many foreign residents, at 16.5%. Average income is below the provincial figure, and houses cost less than in the towns around Bologna.

On a plain crossed by canals, flood hazard changes from one field to the next, and is checked for the address.

Key points

  • Plain on the Modena border, station on the Bologna-Verona line.
  • Homes rebuilt after 2012: ask for the file and sign-off.
  • Seismic zone 3; expected acceleration about 0.157 g.
  • Foreign residents at 16.5%, younger than the province.

Overview

Crevalcore is a municipality in the province of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 13,981 residents, ranked 17 of 55 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Crevalcore is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (43 of 55) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.157 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 3.4%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 16.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Crevalcore declared an average taxable income of 25,766 euros, below the provincial average (29,157 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Crevalcore is in climate zone E, with 2,238 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 20 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Crevalcore has 9 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 12 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.4 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

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 7.4% of the land in Crevalcore, compared with 9.0% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.3 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Crevalcore 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 4 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Crevalcore, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Crevalcore: 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 Crevalcore 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 126 inhabited census areas in Crevalcore. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.3%
  • fair 40.6%
  • good 54.3%
  • very good 2.8%

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 037024. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.