Piombino Dese: 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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Piombino Dese, a Palladian villa near the Treviso border
A villa by Andrea Palladio stands in the middle of town: Villa Cornaro, in Piombino Dese, is one of the Palladian villas of the Veneto listed by UNESCO as World Heritage. The municipality forms the north-eastern corner of the province of Padua, on the border with the province of Treviso, between Castelfranco Veneto and Camposampiero. The Dese, the river that gives the town its name, flows on towards the Venetian lagoon.
This is farmland and small industry, with houses strung out along the roads, hamlets and residential districts around the centre. Castelfranco, Treviso and Padua are the towns people rely on for work and larger services, and you need a car for almost everything. The land is low and crossed by ditches and drainage channels, so flood maps need reading plot by plot.
Growth is slow. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 9,475 residents in 2023, up 2.1% on 2011. The town is younger than the province, with an average age of 44.7 against 46.5 and over-65s at 21.8%; households average 2.56 people. Foreign nationals make up 10.7%. Incomes are below the Padua average.
The surprise is the seismic rating. Unlike most of the province, Piombino Dese is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's map: only 12 of the province's 101 municipalities are in this class, and the other 89 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.144 g. For a house built before the recent codes, or an old brick farm building, ask about structural checks and any strengthening carried out.
The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the plot.
Key points
- Palladio's Villa Cornaro, a UNESCO site, in the town centre.
- Seismic zone 2, shared by only 12 municipalities in the province.
- Population up 2.1% since 2011.
- Low land with ditches and channels: check flood risk per plot.
Overview
Piombino Dese is a municipality in the province of Padova, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 9,475 residents, ranked 27 of 101 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Piombino Dese is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 12 of 101 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.144 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Piombino Dese, 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 2.1%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Piombino Dese declared an average taxable income of 24,048 euros, below the provincial average (26,932 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Piombino Dese is in climate zone E, with 2,421 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 24 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Piombino Dese has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 9 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.
There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).
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 18.6% of the land in Piombino Dese, compared with 18.7% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.5 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Piombino Dese 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 4 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Piombino Dese, and one more has 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 Piombino Dese: 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 Piombino Dese 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 71 inhabited census areas in Piombino Dese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 9.6%
- fair 68.9%
- good 21.6%
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 028064. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.