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Solferino: 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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Solferino, the 1859 battlefield and the hills south of Lake Garda

Solferino's name is in the history books: in 1859 one of the decisive battles of the Second Italian War of Independence was fought here, and the impression that day made on Henry Dunant led to the founding of the Red Cross. The village keeps the ossuary, the museum and the Rocca on the hill, known as the spy of Italy for its view over the plain and the lake.

Solferino sits on the morainic hills south of Lake Garda, in the northernmost part of the province of Mantua in Lombardy, on the boundary with Brescia province. It is a landscape of gentle rises, vineyards and fields, at around 130 metres. The lake is a few kilometres away, as is Castiglione delle Stiviere, and the Milan-Venice motorway is close by. Buyers find villas, hillside houses with gardens and some farmhouses, with demand that also looks to Garda tourism.

The population is 2,579 (2023 figure from Istat, the national statistics office), up 1.9% since 2011. Over-65s make up 23.9%, just below the Mantua average of 24.4%, and foreign residents 8.5%. Average incomes are higher than the provincial figure.

Seismic hazard here is higher than in the rest of the province: Solferino is in zone 2, like 4 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.148 g. For a house built before current standards, ask for the structural documents and have floors and wall ties checked.

On the morainic hills, the slope of the plot and drainage matter. For each address the report gives elevation, gradient and the official landslide and flood maps, and measures distances to services.

Key points

  • Site of the 1859 battle, with ossuary and Rocca.
  • Morainic hills south of Lake Garda.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.148 g.
  • Population up 1.9% since 2011.

Overview

Solferino is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,579 residents, ranked 42 of 64 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Solferino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 5 of 64 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

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 Solferino, 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 1.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Solferino declared an average taxable income of 27,298 euros, above the provincial average (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Solferino is in climate zone E, with 2,442 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 127 metres above sea level.

Services

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

There are 0.4 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Solferino.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 12.8% of the land in Solferino, compared with 10.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Solferino 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 Solferino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Solferino: 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 Solferino 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 31 inhabited census areas in Solferino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 93.7%
  • good 6.3%

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 020063. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.