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Medesano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna. 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 Solferino 1, Medesano.

Medesano, the first hills on the west bank of the Taro

Medesano lies south-west of Parma, where the plain gives way to the first hills and the river Taro spreads out over a wide gravel bed. The municipality is made up of several centres: the main village, Felegara and Ramiola towards the river, and Sant'Andrea Bagni, a small spa up in the hills. It is an area of farms, small firms and families who work in Parma or in the towns along the foothills.

What you buy depends a lot on the village. In the centres along the valley there are terraced houses and low blocks of two or three floors, handy for Parma and the upper Taro valley. On the hills there are scattered houses, smallholdings and farm buildings with land, more isolated and reached by climbing roads. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Parma, which is one of the highest in the region.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,755 residents in 2023, up 0.9% on 2011. The estimated average age, 45.7, is in line with the province, and over-65s make up 23.0%. Foreign residents account for 10.6%. There are 11 schools on record, more than the provincial average per resident, while for healthcare people rely mainly on Parma and neighbouring towns.

Medesano is in seismic zone 3 along with 36 other municipalities in the province, while 7 in the Apennines are in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.156 g. With a stone farmhouse in the hills, ask how the walls were reinforced and the roof rebuilt; with a newer house, ask when it was designed.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the plot. Near the Taro the issue is flooding, on the clay slopes it is landslides, and the report measures both at the exact spot.

Key points

  • Villages along the Taro and in the hills, with the Sant'Andrea Bagni spa.
  • Population up 0.9% since 2011.
  • 11 schools, above the provincial average per resident.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.156 g.

Overview

Medesano is a municipality in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 10,755 residents, ranked 9 of 44 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Medesano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (37 of 44) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.156 g, a medium-high 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 10.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Medesano declared an average taxable income of 26,767 euros, below the provincial average (28,491 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Medesano is in climate zone E, with 2,631 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 136 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Medesano has 11 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 11 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

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 9.2% of the land in Medesano, compared with 7.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Medesano 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Medesano. 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 Medesano: 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 Medesano 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 97 inhabited census areas in Medesano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.7%
  • fair 49.9%
  • good 43.9%
  • very good 2.5%

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 034020. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.