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Gazzada Schianno: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Varese, Lombardia. 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 Chiesa 1, Gazzada Schianno.

Gazzada Schianno, rail and motorway at Varese's doorstep

Gazzada Schianno is the first municipality you reach just south of Varese, along the roads and motorway coming from Milan, and it has always been a place people travel through. Gazzada and Schianno were once separate villages and now form a single hilly municipality with historic villas, such as Villa Cagnola and its park, and plenty of residential areas built in recent decades.

Transport links are the strong point. Besides the motorway there is a station on the line to Gallarate and Milan, and the public transport data count 2 rail lines. Varese is a few minutes away. The flip side is density: a large share of the land is built up, between houses, roads and retail areas, so before buying it is worth checking noise and traffic around the address.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 4,615 residents in 2023, down 0.6% on 2011, so broadly stable. The average age is 46.9 (46.5 for the province), over-65s make up 25.7% and foreign residents 7.2%. Declared incomes are above the average for the province of Varese.

Earthquake risk is low: Gazzada Schianno is in seismic zone 4, like all 136 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.038 g. In homes from the 1960s and 1970s, energy efficiency and the state of the heating and electrics matter more. The report still checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, useful on slopes and in low spots.

Key points

  • Just south of Varese, on the main route from Milan.
  • Station on the line to Gallarate and Milan: 2 rail lines.
  • 4,615 residents, down 0.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole province of Varese.

Overview

Gazzada Schianno is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,615 residents, ranked 57 of 136 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gazzada Schianno is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 136 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gazzada Schianno declared an average taxable income of 27,740 euros, in line with the province (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Gazzada Schianno is in climate zone E, with 2,652 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 368 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Gazzada Schianno has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.3 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops, served by 2 train lines, 1 bus line. That is about 0.2 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 33.1% of the land in Gazzada Schianno, compared with 21.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Gazzada Schianno 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 open contaminated sites in Gazzada Schianno; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Gazzada Schianno: 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 Gazzada Schianno 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 31 inhabited census areas in Gazzada Schianno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 35.1%
  • good 64.9%

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 012073. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.