Ospedaletto Euganeo: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Padova, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Ospedaletto Euganeo, flat farmland between Este and Montagnana
The main road from Este to Montagnana runs straight through Ospedaletto Euganeo, and much of the village grew up along it. This is the Bassa padovana, the flat southern part of the province of Padua, with the Euganean Hills visible to the north-east. Around it are fields, drainage canals, a few workshops and the outlying hamlets, including Tresto with its shrine to the Virgin Mary.
If you work in Padua, expect a long commute. The station on the Monselice to Mantua line takes you to Este and Monselice, where you can change, but day-to-day life here mostly runs on the car. Average declared incomes are below the provincial average, and the village has the quiet feel of the farming towns in this area.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,564 residents in 2023, down 5.3% on 2011. The average age is 46.8, close to the provincial 46.5, and households average 2.44 people. Foreign residents make up 10.2%. Services cover the basics: 4 school sites, 2 pharmacies and 0 supermarkets, and the weekly shop usually means a drive to Este or another nearby town.
The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 88 other municipalities around Padua, while 12 in the province are in zone 2. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.070 g, a low value. With old brick farmhouses it is still worth having the floors, roof and wall connections checked before renovating.
The land is low-lying and crossed by ditches and canals that keep the fields drained. Where a given address sits in relation to them is shown by the flood maps the report checks point by point, together with the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.
Key points
- Flat farmland south of Padua, on the road between Este and Montagnana.
- 5,564 residents, down 5.3% since 2011.
- Station on the Monselice to Mantua railway line.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.070 g.
Overview
Ospedaletto Euganeo is a municipality in the province of Padova, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 5,564 residents, ranked 53 of 101 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ospedaletto Euganeo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (89 of 101) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.070 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 5.3%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ospedaletto Euganeo declared an average taxable income of 22,564 euros, below the provincial average (26,932 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Ospedaletto Euganeo is in climate zone E, with 2,487 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 12 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ospedaletto Euganeo has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 healthcare facilities and 2 sports facilities.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
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 15.6% of the land in Ospedaletto Euganeo, compared with 18.7% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Ospedaletto Euganeo is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. 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 Ospedaletto Euganeo; 5 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ospedaletto Euganeo: 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 Ospedaletto Euganeo 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 30 inhabited census areas in Ospedaletto Euganeo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 1.1%
- fair 90.9%
- good 8.0%
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 Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- 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 028059. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.