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Parona: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardia. 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 Lorenzo Toma 1, Parona.

Parona, Lomellina on the railway between Vigevano and Mortara

Parona is a village in the Lomellina, the rice-growing plain in the western part of the province of Pavia, on the railway line linking Mortara with Vigevano and Milan. The centre lies at about 110 metres, compact, surrounded by rice fields, channels and farmsteads. Vigevano and Mortara are the reference towns for services and work.

The railway is the most useful fact if you plan to live here and work elsewhere: public transport data list 1 stop and 1 rail line. Other journeys are by car. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

There are 1,849 residents in 2023, down 6.9% on 2011. The average age is 46.9, close to 47.1 in the province, over-65s are 25.0% and foreign residents 12.9%. Land take is high for a farming municipality, meaning there is a fair amount of built-up land beyond the centre.

Earthquake risk is low: Parona is in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection scale, with an expected acceleration of 0.041 g. The climate is zone E, with fog and damp winters, and in older houses rising damp in the ground-floor walls is the most common defect to check.

With irrigation channels and a shallow water table, water is the thing to check: look carefully at cellars and basements and read the official flood maps for the address. The report does this starting from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, which are published for Parona.

Key points

  • Lomellina, rice-field plain between Mortara and Vigevano.
  • Station on the railway to Vigevano and Milan.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.041 g.
  • With channels and a shallow water table, check cellars and maps.

Overview

Parona is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,849 residents, ranked 57 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Parona is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 27 of 184 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.041 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 6.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Parona declared an average taxable income of 23,190 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Parona is in climate zone E, with 2,641 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 113 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Parona has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops, served by 1 train line. That is about 0.5 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 20.4% of the land in Parona, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 1.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Parona is not among the radon priority areas designated 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Parona, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Parona: 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 Parona 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 13 inhabited census areas in Parona. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 80.5%
  • good 19.5%

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 018109. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.