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Graffignana: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Lodi, 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 Roma 1, Graffignana.

Graffignana, at the foot of the San Colombano hill

Almost all of the Lodi area is flat, and Graffignana is the exception: part of its land climbs the slopes of the San Colombano hill, an isolated rise in the middle of the plain, covered in vineyards that produce San Colombano wine. The rest of the municipality is flat countryside, with farmsteads, fields and a village gathered around its centre.

House hunters find detached houses and villas, small blocks of flats and several cascine, the traditional Lombard farmsteads, some restored and turned into homes. For work and services people look to Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lodi and, further away, Milan and Pavia, almost always by car. Between houses on the hill and those on the plain the difference is in the view and the aspect rather than in transport links. Climate zone E brings the cold, foggy winters typical of the Po plain.

The population is stable: Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,616 residents in 2023, up 0.5% on 2011. The average age is 47.0 against 45.4 for the province, and 27.6% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 14.4%. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Lodi.

Graffignana is in seismic zone 3, with an expected acceleration of 0.076 g. In farmsteads and courtyard houses, look carefully at roofs, timber floors and damp in the walls.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published and the report reaches the land parcel. On a plain crossed by irrigation channels, the official flood maps should be read for the exact address.

Key points

  • Lodi plain and the San Colombano hill
  • Vineyards on the hill, farmsteads and villas below
  • 2,616 residents, foreign residents 14.4%
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.076 g

Overview

Graffignana is a municipality in the province of Lodi, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,616 residents, ranked 25 of 60 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Graffignana is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 60 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.076 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 47 years, higher than the province average (45). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 14.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Graffignana declared an average taxable income of 25,420 euros, below the provincial average (27,169 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Graffignana is in climate zone E, with 2,441 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 67 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Graffignana has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 1.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 11.5% of the land in Graffignana, compared with 12.4% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Graffignana 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 Graffignana. 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 Graffignana: 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 Graffignana 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 27 inhabited census areas in Graffignana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 12.1%
  • good 87.9%

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 098028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.