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Lazise: 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 dei Vigneti 1, Lazise.

Lazise, a walled town with campsites and Colà in the hills

Lazise's medieval walls still run down to the water, with the Scaliger castle on one side and, on the old harbour, the Venetian customs house. The town lies on the Verona shore of Lake Garda, between Peschiera to the south and Bardolino to the north. Outside the walls the municipality is broad and varied: the village of Pacengo on the lake, Colà in the hills inland with its thermal park, and a long stretch of shoreline taken up by campsites and holiday villages.

That makes for very different property markets side by side. Inside the walls you buy flats in old houses, with limited car access and a lot of summer bustle. Along the shore, holiday apartments and residences dominate, often bought to let. Inland there are detached houses and family homes for people working in tourism or in Verona, around twenty kilometres away. The area also has the big theme parks of southern Garda, and in summer traffic on the lakeside road is heavy. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 6,893 residents in 2023, up 3.0% on 2011. The average age of 46.7 is a little above the province, while the share of over-65s, 23.4%, is almost the same. Foreign residents make up 10.8%. The service figures are those of a resort: 182 cafés and restaurants and 7 supermarkets, far above the average per head, and 4 pharmacies.

Italy's Civil Protection Department places Lazise in seismic zone 2, like 54 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.163 g. If you are buying inside the walls, ask what work has been done on load-bearing walls and floors, since many buildings have been split into several flats over the years.

Along the shore the report checks for the exact address the hazard from high water on the lake and the ditches draining into it, and on the Colà hills the landslide hazard. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, so each address can be traced to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Walled town on Lake Garda, with Pacengo by the lake and Colà inland.
  • 182 cafés and restaurants, many campsites on the shore.
  • 6,893 residents, up 3.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.163 g.

Overview

Lazise is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 6,893 residents, ranked 37 of 98 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lazise 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 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Lazise, 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 3.0%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lazise declared an average taxable income of 27,298 euros, above the provincial average (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lazise is in climate zone E, with 2,287 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 76 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lazise has 6 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 7 sports facilities.

There are 0.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 9.3% of the land in Lazise, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Lazise 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Lazise, and 6 more have 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 Lazise: 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 Lazise 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 74 inhabited census areas in Lazise. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 66.3%
  • good 33.6%

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 023043. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.