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Gazoldo degli Ippoliti: what to know before buying a home

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

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Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, lowland work west of Mantua

Gazoldo degli Ippoliti is a lowland municipality west of Mantua, in flat countryside of fields and canals. Its name recalls the Ippoliti, the family that held the fief for a long time. Next to the town there are industrial and craft areas that also employ people from nearby municipalities, and Mantua is around twenty minutes away by car.

Homes are mostly detached and semi-detached houses and small blocks of flats built in recent decades, with a few farmhouses in the countryside. The land is entirely flat, so gradients hardly matter; on the plain the thing to look at is the network of drainage canals and ditches, so it is worth reading the flood maps the report checks for the address. In summer the humid heat of the Po valley makes insulation important for keeping cool too.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 3,025 residents in 2023, up 1.9% since 2011. The population is younger than the provincial average, 44.8 against 46.4, and foreign nationals make up 20.3%, a high share for a municipality of this size. Over-65s are 22.5%. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.100 g. The lower Po plain is not free of earthquakes, so here too it makes sense to ask the year of construction and, for older brick houses, whether any structural checks have been carried out.

Key points

  • Lowland west of Mantua, with industrial areas nearby.
  • 3,025 residents, up 1.9% since 2011.
  • Foreign nationals 20.3%, average age 44.8.
  • Seismic zone 3: ask the year of construction.

Overview

Gazoldo degli Ippoliti is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,025 residents, ranked 39 of 64 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gazoldo degli Ippoliti 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 0.100 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 grown by 1.9%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (46). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 20.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti declared an average taxable income of 26,643 euros, above the provincial average (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Gazoldo degli Ippoliti 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 35 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Gazoldo degli Ippoliti has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.

There are 1.0 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Gazoldo degli Ippoliti.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 16.0% of the land in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, compared with 10.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Gazoldo degli Ippoliti 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 no contaminated sites in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Gazoldo degli Ippoliti: 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 Gazoldo degli Ippoliti 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 24 inhabited census areas in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 10.5%
  • good 89.5%

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 020024. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.