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Pieve Emanuele: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Milano, 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: Viale dei Pini 1, Pieve Emanuele.

Pieve Emanuele, the Parco Sud and the train to Milan

Pieve Emanuele belongs to the southern ring of towns around Milan and lies inside the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, the large protected belt of fields, irrigation ditches and farmsteads on this side of the city. In the second half of the twentieth century the town grew very fast, with estates of apartment blocks built next to older farming hamlets. More recently it gained the campus of Humanitas University, the medical school linked to the hospital in nearby Rozzano.

For anyone working in Milan, the train is the main point. The station is on the line to Pavia, and in the transport operators' open data the municipality has 56 public transport stops served by the railway and 4 bus lines. The report shows how far the nearest stop is from each address, which is worth checking because it varies noticeably between neighbourhoods.

In 2023 there were 15,713 residents, up 5.7% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age, 44.7, is a little below the metropolitan area (45.6), and foreign nationals, at 12.0%, are a sizeable part of the population. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average. Among the services recorded by Overture Maps, sports facilities stand out, 18 of them, or 1.15 per 1,000 residents against 0.79 in the province, while healthcare sites are few (3).

Seismic hazard is low: zone 3 in the Civil Protection Department classification, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.055 g. In the blocks built in series in the 1970s and 1980s, the thing to check is more often energy efficiency, along with the state of shared systems and the running costs of the building.

The irrigated plain has a dense network of ditches and canals, and land near watercourses needs a case-by-case look: the report checks the flood maps for the address. Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are published, so it also identifies the land parcel.

Key points

  • Southern ring of Milan, inside the Parco Agricolo Sud.
  • 56 stops served by the Pavia line and 4 bus lines.
  • 15,713 residents, up 5.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.055 g.

Overview

Pieve Emanuele is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 15,713 residents, ranked 42 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pieve Emanuele is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 60 of 133 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.055 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 grown by 5.7%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pieve Emanuele declared an average taxable income of 25,732 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pieve Emanuele is in climate zone E, with 2,404 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 97 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pieve Emanuele has 9 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 18 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 56 public transport stops, served by 4 bus lines, 1 train line. That is about 3.6 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 27.2% of the land in Pieve Emanuele, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pieve Emanuele 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Pieve Emanuele, and 5 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 Pieve Emanuele: 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 Pieve Emanuele 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 42 inhabited census areas in Pieve Emanuele. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.4%
  • good 86.6%
  • very good 12.0%

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

ISTAT code 015173. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.