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Rescaldina: 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: Via Barbara Melzi 1, Rescaldina.

Rescaldina and Rescalda, on the edge of the Varese area

In the Alto Milanese, where the province of Milan meets the province of Varese, Rescaldina brings together two centres: the main town and the hamlet of Rescalda, whose name it echoes. Legnano, Castellanza and Saronno are a few minutes away. The area has a long textile and industrial history, and even today houses, workshops and large stores follow one another with little open land in between.

The Saronno to Novara line run by Ferrovie Nord has a station here, served by 2 lines according to the timetables of Trenord, the regional rail operator, and the report measures how far it is from each address. By car, the A8 motorway to the lakes has junctions in the neighbouring towns. Buyers find old courtyard houses in both centres, often in need of work, detached houses and blocks of flats from the 1970s and 1980s, and a few more recent developments.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 14,230 residents, up 2.2% on 2011. The estimated average age of 46.0 is close to the metropolitan area's 45.6; over-65s are 23.2% and foreign residents 9.0%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average, which Milan itself pushes up.

On the scale kept by the Civil Protection Department, Rescaldina is in seismic zone 4 along with 72 other municipalities in the province, while 60 are in zone 3. Expected acceleration is about 0.039 g, among the lowest in Italy. In a courtyard house the useful checks lie elsewhere: the roof, rising damp, wiring and heating, and the boundaries of shared areas with the neighbours, which you read on the floor plans and deeds.

In the report each address gets its own check of flood-prone areas and of the distance to supermarkets, schools and pharmacies. The Revenue Agency publishes its cadastral maps, so the address can be traced to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Two centres, Rescaldina and Rescalda, between Legnano and Saronno.
  • Station on the Saronno to Novara line, 2 rail lines.
  • 14,230 residents, up 2.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.039 g.

Overview

Rescaldina is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 14,230 residents, ranked 46 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rescaldina is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.039 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 grown by 2.2%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rescaldina declared an average taxable income of 27,706 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rescaldina is in climate zone E, with 2,480 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 220 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rescaldina has 7 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.

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

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops, served by 2 train lines, 1 bus line. That is about 0.1 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 45.4% of the land in Rescaldina, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Rescaldina 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 Rescaldina, 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 Rescaldina: 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 Rescaldina 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 Rescaldina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 3.5%
  • good 82.2%
  • very good 14.3%

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 015181. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.