Salsomaggiore Terme: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
Liveability index free for any address
Land sheet 6 free checks
Search for an address in Salsomaggiore Terme
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: Viale Giacomo Matteotti 2, Salsomaggiore Terme.
Salsomaggiore, the spa town in the hills near Parma
Salsomaggiore Terme sits in the first hills of the Parma Apennines, close to the border with the province of Piacenza and about ten kilometres from Fidenza. It is a spa town built on salt, bromine and iodine waters, which grew in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: the Art Nouveau Terme Berzieri building is its emblem. The municipality also includes Tabiano, the area's other spa resort.
Spa tourism carries less weight than it once did, and the townscape shows it: alongside large hotels still in business stand buildings that have closed or been turned into flats. For buyers this means a wide choice of flats in period buildings and 1960s blocks, as well as detached houses and homes in the surrounding hills. There is no station: trains leave from Fidenza, on the Milan to Bologna line, which also has the A1 motorway junction.
Istat, the national statistics office, counts 20,310 residents in 2023, up 4.1% since 2011, with foreign nationals at 15.9%, above the Emilia-Romagna average. The average age is 46.7 and over-65s make up 25.0%. Households are small, 2.08 people on average. Declared incomes are below those of the province of Parma.
Salsomaggiore is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 36 other municipalities in the province, but the expected ground acceleration of about 0.152 g is not negligible. In a former hotel converted into flats, check planning compliance, the state of the systems and roof, and the shared costs; in period buildings, what structural work has been done.
On the clay hills around the town landslides are common, and the report checks gradient and the official maps for the individual address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and lead from the address to the plot.
Key points
- Spa town of the Terme Berzieri, with Tabiano.
- 20,310 residents, foreign nationals at 15.9%.
- Seismic zone 3, expected ground acceleration about 0.152 g.
- Clay hills: landslide hazard checked for the address.
Overview
Salsomaggiore Terme is a municipality in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 20,310 residents, the third most populous in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Salsomaggiore Terme is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (37 of 44) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.152 g, a medium-high 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 4.1%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 15.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Salsomaggiore Terme declared an average taxable income of 24,875 euros, below the provincial average (28,491 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Salsomaggiore Terme is in climate zone E, with 2,601 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 157 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Salsomaggiore Terme has 13 schools and 6 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 12 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities, 19 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.
There are 0.4 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).
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 9.8% of the land in Salsomaggiore Terme, compared with 7.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.9 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Salsomaggiore Terme is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. 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 Salsomaggiore Terme; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Salsomaggiore Terme: 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 Salsomaggiore Terme 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 135 inhabited census areas in Salsomaggiore Terme. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.0%
- fair 48.2%
- good 51.8%
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 Emilia-Romagna, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2026.
- 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 034032. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.