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Piubega: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Strada San Fermo 3, Piubega.

Piubega, a farming village on the Mantua plain

Piubega is a farming municipality on the plain north-west of Mantua, in a flat landscape of fields, rows of trees, farm courtyards and straight provincial roads. The village is gathered around its centre, with low houses, a few farm courtyards and newer residential streets on the edges.

If you work in Mantua or in the industrial towns of the area, you will travel by car. Buyers mostly find detached houses with gardens and farm courtyards to restore. Before signing for a rural courtyard, check which parts are actually habitable and which are still storage or stables, and the condition of roofs and walls. Incomes in the municipality are below the provincial average.

Istat, the national statistics office, records 1,726 residents in 2023, 2.4% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 46.0, close to 46.4 for the province, and over-65s make up 25.2%, just above the provincial 24.4%. Foreign residents account for 9.8%.

Piubega is in seismic zone 3, like 59 of the 64 municipalities in the province of Mantua; the other 5 are in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.105 g. In plain-country houses built in solid brick, what matters is how well walls and floors are tied together and the state of the chimneys.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, so the report gets from the address to the plot. On the plain, flood hazard depends on where a house sits in relation to rivers and drainage channels, and the report reads it from the official maps for that exact point.

Key points

  • Farming municipality on the plain north-west of Mantua.
  • Over-65s at 25.2%, just above 24.4% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, like 59 municipalities around Mantua.
  • Cadastral maps published; flood maps read by address.

Overview

Piubega is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,726 residents, ranked 52 of 64 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Piubega is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (59 of 64) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.105 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 2.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Piubega declared an average taxable income of 23,696 euros, below the provincial average (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Piubega is in climate zone E, with 2,388 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 40 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Piubega has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Piubega.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 10.4% of the land in Piubega, compared with 10.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Piubega 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 no contaminated sites in Piubega.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Piubega: 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 Piubega 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 43 inhabited census areas in Piubega. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 020041. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.