Massa Lombarda: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Massa Lombarda, orchards and farmland in lower Romagna
Massa Lombarda lies in the Bassa Romagna, the flat farming country of lower Romagna,, between Lugo and Imola, on the border with the metropolitan area of Bologna. For more than a century the town has been tied to growing and packing fruit, and its warehouses and food firms employ many people who have moved here from elsewhere. The centre is compact, with arcades and the grid of streets typical of a lowland town.
Homes for sale are mainly flats in small blocks, detached and semi-detached houses built from the 1960s onwards, plus old farmhouses scattered across the fields. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Ravenna. For work and larger services people look to Lugo and Imola, a short drive away.
The population is growing: 10,746 residents in 2023, up 2.8% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. It is younger than the province, with an estimated average age of 45.1 against 47.4, and over-65s at 23.3% against 26.0%. The share of foreign residents is high, 20.5%, linked to work in the fields and packing houses. Some services are thin in the data: 1 healthcare facility and 2 sports facilities on record.
Almost the whole province of Ravenna is in seismic zone 2. Massa Lombarda is among them, with 16 other municipalities, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.184 g. Soft lowland soils amplify shaking, so for a farmhouse or a block built before current rules, ask when it was designed and what structural work has been done.
The floods of May 2023 hit the Bassa Romagna hard, and flood hazard is the first thing to check here. The report reads it for the address, together with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, which are published and lead to the plot.
Key points
- Fruit-growing town between Lugo and Imola, on the Romagna plain.
- Population up 2.8% since 2011; foreign residents 20.5%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.184 g.
- Flood hazard to be checked address by address.
Overview
Massa Lombarda is a municipality in the province of Ravenna, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 10,746 residents, ranked 8 of 18 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Massa Lombarda is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (17 of 18) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.184 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Massa Lombarda, 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 2.8%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 20.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Massa Lombarda declared an average taxable income of 23,468 euros, below the provincial average (25,184 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Massa Lombarda is in climate zone E, with 2,251 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 13 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Massa Lombarda has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 2 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
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 12.3% of the land in Massa Lombarda, compared with 10.5% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 4.0 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Massa Lombarda 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 Massa Lombarda; 4 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Massa Lombarda: 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 Massa Lombarda 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 64 inhabited census areas in Massa Lombarda. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 10.7%
- fair 67.1%
- good 22.3%
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.
- 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 Emilia-Romagna, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2026.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 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 039013. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.