Legnaro: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Padova, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Legnaro, a university campus on the Padua plain
Two research centres give Legnaro a profile well beyond its size. It is home to Agripolis, the University of Padua's campus for agriculture and veterinary medicine, and to the Legnaro National Laboratories of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics. Every day they bring students, researchers and technicians into town, and with them a steady demand for rooms and flats to rent.
The municipality lies on the plain south-east of Padua, on the road to Piove di Sacco, close enough to the city to work as part of its commuter belt. The land is flat and very low, only a few metres above sea level, and crossed by reclamation channels and ditches. Slopes are not the issue here; what matters is the height of the plot, the ground floor and the flood maps, which the report reads at the address.
The population is growing. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 9,530 residents in 2023, up 11.5% on 2011, or 986 more people. The town is younger than the province, with an average age of 44.7 against 46.5 and over-65s at 21.2% compared with 24.2%. Foreign nationals make up 7.3%. Average incomes are in line with the rest of the province.
Earthquake hazard is modest. The Civil Protection Department places Legnaro in seismic zone 3, like 88 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.070 g. On reclaimed land like this, for an existing house it is more useful to ask about cracks caused by ground settlement and how the ground floor is protected from damp.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Legnaro, and the report works back from the address to the plot the building stands on.
Key points
- Home to Agripolis (University of Padua) and the INFN laboratories.
- Population up 11.5% since 2011.
- Reclaimed land a few metres above sea level: check flood maps.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.070 g.
Overview
Legnaro is a municipality in the province of Padova, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 9,530 residents, ranked 26 of 101 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Legnaro is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (89 of 101) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.070 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 11.5%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Legnaro declared an average taxable income of 26,853 euros, in line with the province (26,932 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Legnaro is in climate zone E, with 2,383 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 8 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Legnaro has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.4 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 26.7% of the land in Legnaro, compared with 18.7% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Legnaro 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 Legnaro; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Legnaro: 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 Legnaro 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 60 inhabited census areas in Legnaro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.8%
- fair 59.2%
- good 40.1%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 028044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.