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Salizzole: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Verona, Veneto. 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 Valmorsel 27, Salizzole.

Salizzole, farmland on the plain south of Verona

Salizzole is a farming municipality in the Bassa veronese, the low plain south of Verona, in the Bovolone and Isola della Scala area. The land is flat and low, about twenty metres above sea level, made up of fields, orchards, farmsteads and small clusters of houses around the main village. Verona is a drive away for work, hospital care and the university.

Buyers will find detached houses, newer homes, rural courtyard houses and farm buildings to restore, in a quiet market. A courtyard farmhouse with a hay barn and portico can offer a lot of space, but needs a careful look: roofs, stone and brick walls, utility connections and whether any change of use from farm to home has been properly authorised. Average declared incomes are well below the average for the province of Verona.

In 2023 there were 3,791 residents, up 1.2% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age of 45.5 is in line with the province, over-65s make up 23.8% and foreign residents 10.2%.

The Verona area has 55 municipalities in seismic zone 2, mainly towards the hills and mountains, and 43 in zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department's scale. Salizzole is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.099 g: a moderate hazard. In country houses built in stages, check how the parts added over time are tied together. Climate zone E brings damp, foggy winters.

The land registry is published and the report traces an address back to its plot. On a low plain crossed by drainage and irrigation channels, the most useful check concerns flooding, which the report carries out at the exact location of the house.

Key points

  • Farming municipality south of Verona, near Bovolone and Isola della Scala.
  • 3,791 residents in 2023, up 1.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.099 g.
  • Farmhouses: check roofs, walls and change-of-use permits.

Overview

Salizzole is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 3,791 residents, ranked 57 of 98 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Salizzole is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 43 of 98 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

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 grown by 1.2%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Salizzole declared an average taxable income of 20,319 euros, below the provincial average (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Salizzole is in climate zone E, with 2,333 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 22 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Salizzole has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 2 sports facilities.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 10.2% of the land in Salizzole, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Salizzole 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 no open contaminated sites in Salizzole; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Salizzole: 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 Salizzole 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 46 inhabited census areas in Salizzole. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 64.0%
  • good 36.0%

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 023068. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.