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Rodigo: 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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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: Strada Francesca Est Rivalta 1, Rodigo.

Rodigo, Mantuan farmland and the Mincio wetlands at Rivalta

After leaving Lake Garda, the Mincio river slows down before it reaches Mantua and spreads into a wide area of reed beds and shallow water known as the Valli del Mincio. The best-known stretch is at Rivalta sul Mincio, a village within Rodigo, where boat trips into the nature park set off. The main village of Rodigo lies in the flat countryside north-west of Mantua, between Goito, Ceresara and Castellucchio.

Farming and commuting to Mantua, about twenty minutes by car, are what keep the area going. Buyers choose between village houses, detached homes on the edges of the built-up areas and farmhouses with courtyards, often large and in need of work. At Rivalta, houses close to the water are valued differently: the view and the quiet count, but so do damp and summer mosquitoes. There are 5 supermarkets, or 0.97 per 1,000 residents against 0.53 across the province.

The population is falling slowly. Istat, the Italian statistics office, counted 5,171 residents in 2023, down 3.5% on 2011. The average age is 47.3 against 46.4 in the province; 25.7% are over 65 and 11.1% are foreign nationals. Households have 2.47 members on average. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Rodigo is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 58 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.099 g. In farmhouses with solid brick walls and timber floors, an engineer should check how the structure is tied together, especially where the building has been extended over the years.

With irrigation canals, drainage ditches and the river, water is the first thing to look into. The report reads the official flood maps for the address, and it is worth asking whether cellars and ground floors have ever let water in. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can also find the plot.

Key points

  • Rivalta on the Mincio wetlands, and the main village in the farmland.
  • Residents down 3.5% since 2011; 11.1% foreign.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.099 g.
  • Canals and river: flood-prone areas checked per address.

Overview

Rodigo is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,171 residents, ranked 29 of 64 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rodigo 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 0.099 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 3.5%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rodigo declared an average taxable income of 24,571 euros, in line with the province (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rodigo 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 31 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rodigo has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 Rodigo.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 8.8% of the land in Rodigo, compared with 10.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Rodigo 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 Rodigo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rodigo: 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 Rodigo 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 73 inhabited census areas in Rodigo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 49.4%
  • good 50.6%

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

ISTAT code 020051. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.