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Fiorano Modenese: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Modena, 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 Statale 5, Fiorano Modenese.

Fiorano Modenese, ceramics works and the first hills

Arriving from Modena, you see straight away what Fiorano Modenese lives on. Factories, kilns and yards stacked with tiles fill much of the plain, because the town sits at the heart of Italy's ceramic tile district, together with Sassuolo, Formigine and Maranello. The name is also known for Ferrari's test track, which lies here, on the boundary with Maranello.

Heading south the landscape changes. The first Apennine hills rise behind the sanctuary of the Beata Vergine del Castello, which overlooks the town centre. Further on are the village of Spezzano, with its castle, and the Salse di Nirano nature reserve, where small mud cones bubble with gas rising from underground. Buyers choose between the flat areas, close to the factories and the lorry routes, and houses on the first slopes, quieter but on steeper roads.

Fiorano has 16,754 residents (2023), down 1.1% since 2011. It is fairly young for the province: estimated average age 45.3 against 45.8, over-65s at 22.6% against 23.7%, and households of 2.42 people on average. Foreign residents make up 7.6%.

Earthquakes are what set Fiorano apart from most of the province. In the national classification by the Civil Protection department it is in seismic zone 2, one of only 7 municipalities around Modena in this class, while the other 40 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.163 g. For a 1970s house or a restored farmhouse, ask for the structural design and any seismic upgrading carried out.

On the slopes the report checks gradient and landslide hazard; on the plain it checks flood hazard. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the land registry maps, and the plot is found from the address.

Key points

  • Tile district, Ferrari's test track and the Nirano mud volcanoes.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.163 g.
  • Average age 45.3, younger than the province (45.8).
  • Hills to the south: check slope and landslides by address.

Overview

Fiorano Modenese is a municipality in the province of Modena, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 16,754 residents, ranked 10 of 47 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fiorano Modenese is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 7 of 47 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Fiorano Modenese, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 1.1%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fiorano Modenese declared an average taxable income of 27,561 euros, in line with the province (27,632 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fiorano Modenese is in climate zone E, with 2,400 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 115 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fiorano Modenese has 10 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 10 grocery shops and supermarkets, 11 healthcare facilities, 15 sports facilities and 1 green area.

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 36.8% of the land in Fiorano Modenese, compared with 11.1% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 7.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Fiorano Modenese 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 5 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Fiorano Modenese, and 10 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 Fiorano Modenese: 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 Fiorano Modenese 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 73 inhabited census areas in Fiorano Modenese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • poor 0.5%
  • modest 1.8%
  • fair 28.3%
  • good 69.5%

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 036013. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.