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Legnago: 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 Gioachino Rossini 1, Legnago.

Legnago, on both banks of the Adige in the lower Verona plain

Legnago is the main town of the Bassa Veronese, the farming plain south-east of Verona, and it sits on both banks of the river Adige, with the centre on one side and the Porto district on the other. In the nineteenth century it was one of the four fortresses of the Austrian Quadrilateral, together with Verona, Mantua and Peschiera, and the composer Antonio Salieri was born here; the town theatre bears his name.

For the surrounding villages it is the service town. The hospital, secondary schools, offices and shops draw people from across the lower plain, and the figures show it: 1.01 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents against 0.69 in the province, 1.05 schools against 0.84. The station lies on the Verona to Rovigo line and the Mantua to Monselice line, useful for anyone who would rather not drive to Verona every day.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 25,651 residents at the end of 2023, up 2.6% since 2011. The population is older than average, with over-65s at 26.5% against 23.2% for the province. Foreign nationals make up 11.1%.

In the province of Verona 55 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 and 43 in zone 3. Legnago is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.083 g. On plain soils, where the water table is often close to the surface, cracks, subsidence and rising damp are the things to check in an older house.

Here the Adige runs between high embankments, above the level of the surrounding fields, and a network of drainage canals crosses the whole area. Flood hazard varies from street to street, so the report reads it from the official maps for the exact address and finds the plot using the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre.

Key points

  • Quadrilateral fortress town and Salieri's birthplace, on the Adige.
  • 1.01 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, above the province.
  • Over-65s at 26.5%, against 23.2% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.083 g.

Overview

Legnago is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 25,651 residents, the third most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Legnago is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 43 of 98 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.083 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 2.6%. The estimated average age is 47 years, higher than the province average (46). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Legnago declared an average taxable income of 25,432 euros, in line with the province (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Legnago is in climate zone E, with 2,324 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 16 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Legnago has 27 schools and 7 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 15 grocery shops and supermarkets, 26 healthcare facilities, 28 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.

There are 1.0 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more 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 15.4% of the land in Legnago, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 3.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Legnago 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Legnago, and 22 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 Legnago: 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 Legnago 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 470 inhabited census areas in Legnago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.9%
  • fair 54.4%
  • good 41.7%

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 023044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.