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Frassinelle Polesine: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Romana 16, Frassinelle Polesine.

Frassinelle Polesine, reclaimed farmland near Rovigo

Flat land, drainage canals and fields as far as the eye can see: Frassinelle Polesine is a farming municipality in the Polesine, a short way from Rovigo, on the plain between the Adige and the Po. The land lies only a few metres above sea level and is kept dry by a network of ditches and pumping stations run by the land reclamation boards.

The village has a small centre and many houses scattered through the fields, many of them old. For secondary schools, hospital, the railway station and most services people go to Rovigo. Buyers find detached houses with a yard or land; look carefully at damp, foundations and systems, and at heating costs in a climate zone E area with foggy winters.

The population has shrunk: there are 1,322 residents (2023), 13.5% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 51.1 against 49.0 in the province of Rovigo, over-65s are 31.4% and foreign residents 6.4%. Average declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

Seismic risk is moderate and the same across the Polesine: all 50 municipalities in the province are in zone 3. In Frassinelle the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.080 g. On soft lowland soils, a surveyor can tell you whether cracks in a building come from ground settlement.

In such low-lying land, water is the first issue. The report identifies the land parcel on the Revenue Agency maps and checks the official flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Farming village in the Polesine plain near Rovigo.
  • 1,322 residents, down 13.5% since 2011.
  • All 50 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 3.
  • Low, reclaimed land: flood maps checked by address.

Overview

Frassinelle Polesine is a municipality in the province of Rovigo, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 1,322 residents, ranked 40 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Frassinelle Polesine is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 50 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.080 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 resident population has fallen by 13.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Frassinelle Polesine declared an average taxable income of 20,870 euros, below the provincial average (23,221 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Frassinelle Polesine is in climate zone E, with 2,466 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 7 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Frassinelle Polesine has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

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 6.3% of the land in Frassinelle Polesine, compared with 8.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 1.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Frassinelle Polesine is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Frassinelle Polesine.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Frassinelle Polesine: 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 Frassinelle Polesine 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 18 inhabited census areas in Frassinelle Polesine. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.3%
  • fair 96.7%

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 029023. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.