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Grontardo: what to know before buying a home

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

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Grontardo, Cremona farmland north-east of the city

Fields of maize and fodder, farmsteads with cowsheds and straight roads between rows of poplars: this is the Cremona plain where Grontardo lies, north-east of the city. The village is small and compact, with a centre of courtyard houses and neighbourhoods of detached homes around it. Cremona is the city for work, hospital care and schools, reached by car.

The population is holding up. According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 1,489 residents in 2023, up 1.4% on 2011. The average age is 46.2, slightly below 46.8 for the province; over-65s make up 26.2% and foreign residents 12.8%. Households have 2.42 members on average. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

Buyers will mostly find detached houses with a garden or yard and old farmsteads to restore. With no bus or train stops recorded in the municipality, a car is needed for almost everything. On an irrigated plain crossed by channels and ditches, the report checks the official flood maps at the address.

All 113 municipalities in the province of Cremona are in seismic zone 3; in Grontardo the expected ground acceleration is 0.087 g. In an old country house, the roof, the ties between walls and rising damp matter most.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the whole municipality.

Key points

  • Farmland plain north-east of Cremona.
  • Population up 1.4% since 2011.
  • All 113 Cremona municipalities in seismic zone 3.
  • No recorded public transport stops: a car is needed.

Overview

Grontardo is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,489 residents, ranked 58 of 113 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Grontardo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 113 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.087 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 1.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Grontardo declared an average taxable income of 25,296 euros, in line with the province (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Grontardo is in climate zone E, with 2,389 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 46 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Grontardo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 8.5% of the land in Grontardo, compared with 10.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Grontardo 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 Grontardo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Grontardo: 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 Grontardo 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 Grontardo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 019050. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.