Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca: 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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Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca, Lake Maggiore and a valley
This municipality was formed by merging Maccagno, Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore and Veddasca, and it brings together two very different places. On the Lombard shore of Lake Maggiore, towards the Swiss border, are the village of Maccagno and houses looking over the water. Behind them opens the Val Veddasca, with small mountain hamlets reached by narrow, steep roads.
For buyers the contrast is clear. By the lake you find flats and houses often used as holiday homes, with plenty of tourist services: there are 20 bars and restaurants, a lot for the number of residents. In the valley hamlets daily life needs a car and some patience in winter. The municipality has 2 railway stops on the line along the lake, handy for Luino and for Switzerland.
Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,353 residents (2023), down 3.7% since 2011. The population is old: over-65s are 29.7%, against 24.7% in the province of Varese, and the average age is 49.9. Households are small, with 1.90 people on average. Foreign residents make up 7.7%.
The whole province is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class in the Civil Protection scale, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.042 g. For a house by the lake or in the valley, damp, orientation and the state of the roof matter more. On the slopes and along the streams, the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address.
The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps cover the whole municipality.
Key points
- Lombard shore of Lake Maggiore plus the Val Veddasca hamlets
- 2 railway stops on the line along the lake
- Over-65s at 29.7%, against 24.7% in the province
- 2,353 residents, down 3.7% since 2011
Overview
Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,353 residents, ranked 89 of 136 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca 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 0.042 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 fallen by 3.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (46). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca declared an average taxable income of 21,110 euros, below the provincial average (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca is in climate zone F, with 3,362 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 896 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca has 3 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.
The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Public transport
Within the municipality there are 2 public transport stops, served by 1 bus line, 1 train line. That is about 0.8 stops per 1,000 residents.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 4.0% of the land in Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca, 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
Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 open contaminated sites in Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca: 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 Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca 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 38 inhabited census areas in Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 46.9%
- good 53.1%
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.
- 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 012142. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.