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Lavagno: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Verona, Veneto. 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 Monticelli 1, Lavagno.

Lavagno, hamlets between plain and hills east of Verona

Leaving Verona eastwards, the road to Vicenza runs through Vago, the largest part of Lavagno. The municipality has no single centre: besides Vago there is San Pietro and, higher up on the first hills, San Briccio, with vineyards and villas. The Verona Est motorway junction is close by and the city is only minutes away, so Lavagno has become a place to live for people who work in Verona.

The population shows it. In 2023 there were 8,643 residents, up 6.7% on 2011, and it is a young municipality: an average age of 43.9 against 45.6 in the province, with 18.9% over 65 compared with 23.2%. Foreign nationals make up 7.7%, and declared incomes are above the provincial average.

The downside is that services are thin for a place this size. Supermarkets and cafés are well below the provincial rate per resident (0.23 supermarkets per 1,000 residents against 0.48), and for a big shop people go to San Martino Buon Albergo or into Verona. The report measures distances from the house you are looking at, and they vary a lot between hamlets.

The province of Verona has 55 municipalities in seismic zone 2 and 43 in zone 3. Lavagno is in the first group, zone 2, with expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.153 g. For detached and terraced houses built before 2000, ask for the structural documents; for old farm buildings on the hills, look closely at the stone walls.

On the hills the issues are gradients and possible ground movement; on the plain, ditches and the small streams coming down from the valleys. The report checks both on the official maps for the exact address, together with the cadastral parcel.

Key points

  • Hamlets between the Vicenza road and the hills, near Verona Est.
  • 8,643 residents, up 6.7% since 2011.
  • 18.9% over 65, well below the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.153 g.

Overview

Lavagno is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 8,643 residents, ranked 28 of 98 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lavagno is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (55 of 98) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.153 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Lavagno, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 6.7%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lavagno declared an average taxable income of 27,229 euros, above the provincial average (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lavagno is in climate zone E, with 2,406 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, Lavagno has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities and 5 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 18.7% of the land in Lavagno, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 6.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Lavagno is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. 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 Lavagno; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Lavagno: 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 Lavagno 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 41 inhabited census areas in Lavagno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.6%
  • fair 97.4%

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 023042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.