Lonate Ceppino: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Varese, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Lonate Ceppino, woods and family homes near Tradate
Lonate Ceppino is a town in the southern part of the province of Varese, close to Tradate and Cairate, in an area where villages alternate with woods and fields. Varese is to the north, the Busto Arsizio, Gallarate and Saronno area to the south, and Malpensa airport is not far away. A few kilometres off is the archaeological park of Castelseprio, a Unesco World Heritage site for its Lombard remains.
It is a place of families who work in nearby towns or around Milan. Homes are mostly detached and semi-detached houses and small blocks of flats built from the 1960s onwards, with gardens; a few old courtyard houses remain in the centre. People get around almost entirely by car, and for the train they use stations in neighbouring towns.
The town is growing. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,081 residents in 2023, up 4.5% on 2011. The average age is 44.6, against 46.5 in the province of Varese, and over-65s make up 20.3% compared with 24.7%. Households have 2.37 people on average and foreign residents account for 4.7%.
Earthquake hazard is very low: Lonate Ceppino is in seismic zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like the other 135 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.038 g. In houses built a few decades ago, the boiler, windows, insulation and roof matter more, as they drive energy bills and the energy rating.
The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report identifies the land parcel from the address. The ground has small changes in level and streams running down towards the Olona valley, so flood and landslide hazard are checked for each address.
Key points
- Southern Varese area, near Tradate and the Castelseprio park.
- Residents up 4.5% since 2011.
- Average age 44.6, over-65s at 20.3%.
- Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.038 g.
Overview
Lonate Ceppino is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,081 residents, ranked 48 of 136 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lonate Ceppino is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 136 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 4.5%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (46). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lonate Ceppino declared an average taxable income of 26,182 euros, in line with the province (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Lonate Ceppino is in climate zone E, with 2,540 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 287 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lonate Ceppino has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 healthcare facilities, 4 sports facilities and 1 green area.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Public transport
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Lonate Ceppino.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 30.2% of the land in Lonate Ceppino, compared with 21.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Lonate Ceppino 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 contaminated sites in Lonate Ceppino.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Lonate Ceppino: 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 Lonate Ceppino 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 59 inhabited census areas in Lonate Ceppino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 93.3%
- good 6.7%
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
- 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.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- 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 Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 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 012089. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.