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Grizzana Morandi: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Bologna, 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 di Campolo 1, Grizzana Morandi.

Grizzana Morandi, the Apennines between the Reno and the Setta

The name recalls Giorgio Morandi, who spent his summers here and painted many of his landscapes. Grizzana Morandi lies in the Bologna Apennines, on the ridge between the Reno valley, where the Porrettana railway runs, and the Setta valley, followed by the A1 motorway. The area is made up of woods, chestnut groves and many scattered hamlets, and includes the Rocchetta Mattei, the eclectic castle built in the 19th century above the Reno valley.

For buyers, the municipality offers mainly detached stone houses, rustici (old farm buildings) with land, small villas and flats in the valley-floor hamlets, which are handier for services and for the train to Bologna. Choosing the higher hamlets means mountain roads and longer distances. Average declared incomes are well below the average for the metropolitan city of Bologna.

In 2023 there were 3,928 residents, down 1.4% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is older than the Bologna average: an average age of 49.2 against 46.6, and over-65s at 27.1%. Foreign residents make up 11.2%.

Grizzana is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 43 municipalities of the metropolitan city, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area, about 0.161 g, is high for this zone. For a stone house you need a check of the walls and of how walls, floors and roof are tied together; for more recent buildings, the design.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report traces the address back to its plot. The Bologna Apennines are among the areas with the most recorded landslides: for a rustico or an isolated house, gradient, landslides and access are the first things to look at, and the report checks them on the official maps for the exact point.

Key points

  • Giorgio Morandi's village, between the Reno and Setta valleys.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected ground acceleration about 0.161 g.
  • Over-65s at 27.1%; population down 1.4% since 2011.
  • Frequent Apennine landslides: check gradient and access.

Overview

Grizzana Morandi is a municipality in the province of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 3,928 residents, ranked 46 of 55 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Grizzana Morandi is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (43 of 55) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.161 g, a medium-high 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 1.4%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 11.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Grizzana Morandi declared an average taxable income of 23,813 euros, below the provincial average (29,157 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Grizzana Morandi is in climate zone E, with 2,730 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 547 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Grizzana Morandi has 5 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 3.6% of the land in Grizzana Morandi, compared with 9.0% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Grizzana Morandi 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Grizzana Morandi, and one more has 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 Grizzana Morandi: 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 Grizzana Morandi 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 85 inhabited census areas in Grizzana Morandi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 18.3%
  • fair 81.7%

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 037031. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.