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Loreggia: 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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For example: Via Ronchi 1, Loreggia.

Loreggia, the upper Padua plain on the Treviso border

Loreggia lies in the flat farmland north of Padua, in the area locals call the Alta Padovana, right on the border with the province of Treviso and between the towns of Camposampiero and Castelfranco Veneto. The landscape is a mix of fields, small workshops and detached houses, with the odd Venetian villa standing in the countryside. The town has a place in Italian economic history: Leone Wollemborg set up the country's first rural savings bank here in the late nineteenth century.

By the standards of the Veneto it is a young place. At the end of 2023 there were 7,711 residents according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 5.7% since 2011. The average age is 42.7, against 46.5 for the province, and over-65s are 18.2% of the population compared with 24.2% across the province of Padua. Households average 2.65 people and foreign residents make up 12.6%. These are the figures of a town that attracts couples with children looking for a house and garden outside the cities.

Daily life depends on the car. Jobs are mostly in the industrial areas nearby or in Padua, and the town itself has the essentials: Overture Maps lists 5 schools and education sites, 2 pharmacies and 3 supermarkets. For anything more, people drive to Camposampiero or Castelfranco, and the report measures these distances from the exact address.

One figure surprises outsiders. Loreggia is in seismic zone 2 of the national classification drawn up by the Civil Protection Department, like 12 municipalities in the province, while the other 89 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.141 g. In houses built before the 1980s, and in restored farm buildings, ask whether structural work has been done and to what design.

The plain is crossed by ditches and drainage channels, so whether water collects near a particular house after heavy rain is something the report checks address by address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces each address back to its plot.

Key points

  • North of Padua, between Camposampiero and Castelfranco Veneto.
  • Population up 5.7% since 2011, average age 42.7.
  • Seismic zone 2, like 12 municipalities in the province.
  • Cadastral maps published: from address to plot.

Overview

Loreggia is a municipality in the province of Padova, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 7,711 residents, ranked 36 of 101 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Loreggia is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 12 of 101 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.141 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Loreggia, 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 5.7%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (47). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Loreggia declared an average taxable income of 25,826 euros, in line with the province (26,932 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Loreggia is in climate zone E, with 2,431 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 25 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Loreggia has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.3 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 21.7% of the land in Loreggia, compared with 18.7% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Loreggia 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 Loreggia, and 2 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 Loreggia: 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 Loreggia 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 81 inhabited census areas in Loreggia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 10.3%
  • fair 63.8%
  • good 26.0%

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 028046. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.