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Luvinate: 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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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 Vittorio Veneto 1, Luvinate.

Luvinate, villas and woods below the Campo dei Fiori

The Campo dei Fiori, the wooded mountain that closes off Varese to the north-west, runs its last slopes right into Luvinate. The village is a residential suburb of Varese, made up of villas with gardens, older houses in the historic core and woods behind; the Golf Club Varese course is also within its boundaries.

Average declared incomes are well above the provincial average, and the housing confirms it: many detached homes on generous plots, a good number of them built in the second half of the twentieth century. Anyone buying a villa from that period should budget for insulation, windows, heating and electrics, and the roof. On a slope, retaining walls and rainwater drainage also matter.

There are 1,338 residents (2023), up 2.2% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 47.9 (46.5 in the province), over-65s are 27.3% and foreign residents 9.8%. Varese, close by, provides secondary schools, the hospital and jobs.

Earthquake risk is the lowest in the national classification: all 136 municipalities in the province of Varese are in zone 4, and here the expected ground acceleration is 0.038 g.

On the slopes of the Campo dei Fiori, the report checks the gradient and the official landslide maps for the address, as well as flood maps along the streams, and finds the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps.

Key points

  • Residential suburb of Varese, below the Campo dei Fiori.
  • Average incomes well above the provincial average.
  • 1,338 residents, up 2.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like all 136 in the province.

Overview

Luvinate is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,338 residents, ranked 107 of 136 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Luvinate 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 2.2%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Luvinate declared an average taxable income of 36,504 euros, above the provincial average (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Luvinate is in climate zone E, with 2,712 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 425 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Luvinate has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

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 Luvinate.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 8.9% of the land in Luvinate, 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

Luvinate 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 Luvinate.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Luvinate: 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 Luvinate 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 8 inhabited census areas in Luvinate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 4.1%
  • good 95.9%

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 012093. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.