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Pastrengo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Verona, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Due Porte 1, Pastrengo.

Pastrengo, moraine hills between Lake Garda and the Adige

Pastrengo sits on the moraine hills east of Lake Garda, looking over the Adige valley. Its name is tied to a battle of 1848, in the first Italian war of independence, and the forts built by the Austrians in the nineteenth century still stand on the high ground. Today it is a residential municipality in the Verona commuter belt, with the city a short drive away and the lake only minutes off.

For buyers, the landscape is vineyards, villas and small scattered hamlets, with detached houses and few apartment blocks. The hills are gentle, but plots differ: a site on top of a rise and one at the foot of a slope have different exposure, gradient and distance from services. The report measures elevation and slope at the address and gives the real distances to schools and shops.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 3,029 residents in 2023, up 4.7% since 2011. The average age is 45.1, slightly below the provincial 45.6; over-65s are 20.6% of residents and foreign nationals 8.7%. Declared incomes are a little above the provincial average.

Earthquakes need to be taken into account. Pastrengo is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 54 other municipalities in the province of Verona, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.164 g. With restored farmhouses and old rural buildings, ask whether the works also covered the structure, as well as finishes and systems.

Key points

  • Moraine hills between Lake Garda and the Adige valley.
  • 3,029 residents, up 4.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.164 g.
  • Scattered homes among vineyards: check slope and distances.

Overview

Pastrengo is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 3,029 residents, ranked 66 of 98 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pastrengo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (55 of 98) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.164 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Pastrengo, 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 4.7%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pastrengo declared an average taxable income of 26,292 euros, in line with the province (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pastrengo is in climate zone E, with 2,609 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 192 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pastrengo has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility and 3 sports facilities.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 18.7% of the land in Pastrengo, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pastrengo 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Pastrengo, 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 Pastrengo: 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 Pastrengo 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 33 inhabited census areas in Pastrengo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.6%
  • fair 38.7%
  • good 60.8%

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 023057. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.