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Guidizzolo: 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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Guidizzolo, upper Mantua plain below the Garda hills

Guidizzolo lies in the northern part of the province of Mantua, where the plain meets the glacial hills that rise towards Lake Garda. Cavriana and Solferino are to the north, Castiglione delle Stiviere and Medole to the west and Goito to the south-east, and the town is crossed by the Goitese, the main road between Mantua and Brescia.

It is a working town on the plain, with firms, workshops and fields, a compact centre and residential areas grown up around it. There is no railway, so trips to Mantua, Brescia or Verona are by car, while those working in the firms between Castiglione and Castel Goffredo have short journeys. Houses facing the main road get heavy traffic; side streets and newer estates are quieter.

Foreign nationals make up 18.6% of residents, a high share even for this province, and help keep the population younger than average: average age is 44.7 against 46.4 in the province, and households have 2.48 people. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,014 residents in 2023, down 2.2% since 2011, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Guidizzolo is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department classification, like 58 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.134 g. For a house from the 1960s or 70s, or a property with an attached workshop, ask for a structural check and the permits for past work.

This is climate zone E, with muggy summers and foggy winters, so insulation, windows and cooling show up in the bills. On a plain watered by canals and ditches the report also checks flood maps for the address. Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are published.

Key points

  • Northern Mantua plain, on the road between Mantua and Brescia.
  • No railway station: you will need a car.
  • Foreign nationals at 18.6%, households of 2.48.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected ground acceleration about 0.134 g.

Overview

Guidizzolo is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,014 residents, ranked 23 of 64 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Guidizzolo 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 0.134 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 fallen by 2.2%. 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 18.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Guidizzolo declared an average taxable income of 23,252 euros, below the provincial average (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Guidizzolo is in climate zone E, with 2,377 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 63 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Guidizzolo has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 4 sports facilities.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 Guidizzolo.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 17.5% of the land in Guidizzolo, compared with 10.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Guidizzolo 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 Guidizzolo; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Guidizzolo: 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 Guidizzolo 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 69 inhabited census areas in Guidizzolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.5%
  • fair 48.9%
  • good 50.6%

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 020028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.