Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Curtatone: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Mantova, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Curtatone

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 Aresi Giuseppe 1, Curtatone.

Curtatone, Grazie and the villages on Mantua's doorstep

Rather than a single town, Curtatone is a cluster of villages on the south-western side of Mantua: Montanara, where the town hall is, Buscoldo, Eremo, Levata, San Silvestro and Grazie. The name is tied to the battle of Curtatone and Montanara in 1848, fought here by Tuscan volunteers and university students against the Austrians during the first Italian war of independence.

The best known village is Grazie, on the marshy banks of the Mincio, with the sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie and the gathering of the madonnari, the street artists who draw in chalk on the church square in mid-August. The villages closest to Mantua have grown into residential suburbs of the city, with detached houses and small blocks of flats; the outer ones are still rural. For buyers, it matters which village you are looking in, as distances, services and surroundings vary considerably.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 14,675 residents in 2023, up 0.7% on 2011. The estimated average age of 46.5 is in line with the province, over-65s make up 23.8% and foreign residents 5.0%, fewer than in many towns around Mantua. Declared incomes are above the provincial average. There are 0.95 schools per 1,000 residents, against 0.87 in the province.

The 2012 earthquake hit mainly the area south of the Po, and today 5 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 2. Curtatone is in zone 3 with 58 others, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.086 g. In restored farmhouses, built of brick with timber roofs, ask how the walls and floors have been tied together.

The land is flat, lying between the Mincio, drainage canals and protected wetlands. The report checks on the official maps whether the address falls within a flood-prone area. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the land parcel can be found from the address.

Key points

  • Villages around Mantua, with the Grazie sanctuary on the Mincio.
  • Population up 0.7% since 2011, foreign residents 5.0%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.086 g.
  • Mincio plain: flood risk to check for each address.

Overview

Curtatone is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 14,675 residents, among the most populous in the province (7 of 64).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Curtatone is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (59 of 64) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.086 g, a moderate 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Curtatone declared an average taxable income of 28,217 euros, above the provincial average (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Curtatone is in climate zone E, with 2,388 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 26 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Curtatone has 14 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 14 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops. That is about 0.1 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 10.9% of the land in Curtatone, compared with 10.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Curtatone is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Curtatone, and one more has 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 Curtatone: 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 Curtatone 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 100 inhabited census areas in Curtatone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 64.6%
  • good 35.3%

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 020021. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.