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Soave: 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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For example: Via San Matteo 1, Soave.

Soave, Scaliger walls and white-wine hills

The name Soave appears on the labels of one of Italy's best-known white wines, and the town is shaped around that wine. It lies east of Verona, where the Lessini hills drop down to the plain, with the Scaliger castle on top of the hill and medieval walls enclosing the old centre. On the surrounding hills are the Soave Classico vineyards; on the plain are the newer houses, the wine cooperatives and the business parks towards San Bonifacio.

For a buyer, the municipality offers three different settings. Inside the walls you find historic houses and flats in old buildings, with the heritage restrictions and upkeep costs that come with them. On the hills there are scattered houses among the vines, attractive but with steep access. On the plain there are newer detached houses and blocks of flats, handy for the Soave-San Bonifacio exit of the A4 motorway and for San Bonifacio station on the Milan-Venice line. Wine tourism shows in the data too: there are 56 bars and restaurants, far more per head than the provincial average.

At the end of 2023 there were 7,171 residents according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 3.8% since 2011. The average age is 45.6, the same as the province, and foreign residents make up 7.2%. Declared incomes are a little above the Verona average.

This part of the province is more exposed to earthquakes than the plain towards the Po: in Verona province 55 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, Soave among them, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.148 g. In stone houses in the centre and rural buildings on the hills, ask before buying whether walls and floors have been strengthened and to what design.

The Tramigna stream runs through the town and the plain is crossed by ditches and canals, so flood hazard is checked by address on the official maps, as are landslides on the slopes. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report finds the plot.

Key points

  • Walled town with a Scaliger castle among the Soave vineyards.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.148 g.
  • Population up 3.8% since 2011.
  • Close to the A4 exit and San Bonifacio station.

Overview

Soave is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 7,171 residents, ranked 34 of 98 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Soave is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (55 of 98) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.148 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Soave, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 3.8%. 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 7.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Soave declared an average taxable income of 26,310 euros, in line with the province (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Soave is in climate zone E, with 2,362 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, Soave has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.

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

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 14.6% of the land in Soave, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Soave 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Soave, and 7 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 Soave: 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 Soave 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 48 inhabited census areas in Soave. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.7%
  • fair 97.2%
  • good 0.1%

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 023081. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.