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Luzzara: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Reggio nell'Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Nazionale 1, Luzzara.

Luzzara, on the Po at the border with Lombardy

Luzzara is the last municipality in the province of Reggio Emilia before the river Po and the province of Mantua. The landscape is that of the floodplain: high embankments, poplar plantations, open fields and farmhouses, with the main village and the hamlets of Villarotta and Codisotto a few kilometres apart. Cesare Zavattini, the screenwriter of Italian neorealist cinema, was born here, and the town has a museum of naïve art named after him.

Closeness to the Po is the starting point. Built-up areas are protected by the main embankments, but in the floodplain and the lowest areas water is a real presence, and country houses often have damp cellars and shallow foundations on clay. The report checks the official flood maps for the exact address.

In recent years the town has lost residents: 8,555 in 2023, down 6.7% on 2011. Foreign nationals make up 16.4%, a high share, and many work in local farming and firms. The average age is 45.9 (province 45.3) and 24.7% are over 65. Declared incomes are below the Reggio average.

Healthcare facilities are few, 0.12 per 1,000 residents against 0.48 in the province, and for hospital care and specialists people go to Guastalla or Reggio Emilia. Schools, on the other hand, are in line with the average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3, like 34 municipalities in the province of Reggio Emilia, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.098 g. On the Po plain, soft ground can amplify shaking, so for farmhouses, converted barns and industrial buildings ask whether structural checks and strengthening have been carried out. The cadastral parcel can be found on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps, published for the whole municipality.

Key points

  • Po river town among embankments, bordering the Mantua area.
  • 16.4% foreign nationals; population down since 2011.
  • Healthcare below average: 0.12 facilities per 1,000.
  • Seismic zone 3; flood risk to check by address.

Overview

Luzzara is a municipality in the province of Reggio nell'Emilia, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 8,555 residents, ranked 20 of 42 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Luzzara is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (34 of 42) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.098 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 fallen by 6.7%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 16.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Luzzara declared an average taxable income of 25,504 euros, below the provincial average (27,273 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Luzzara is in climate zone E, with 2,434 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 22 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Luzzara has 7 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 14.3% of the land in Luzzara, compared with 11.1% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.0 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Luzzara is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. 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 Luzzara; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Luzzara: 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 Luzzara 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 85 inhabited census areas in Luzzara. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 10.8%
  • fair 54.6%
  • good 34.7%

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 035026. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.