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Solignano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna. 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 Vittorio Veneto 1, Solignano.

Solignano, Val Taro along the Cisa motorway

Solignano lies in the middle Val Taro, in the Apennines of the province of Parma, where the river Taro runs through a wide valley floor between wooded slopes. The Cisa motorway, linking Parma with Tuscany, passes through the valley and makes commuting to the plain easier. The municipality is split into hamlets, some on the valley floor and others high on the ridges.

For buyers, the hamlets differ a lot. Lower down there are newer houses and easy access to the valley road, but also the river nearby; higher up there are stone villages, scattered houses and narrow roads, with more quiet and harder winters. On the slopes the report measures the slope at the exact spot and checks the official landslide and flood maps.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,681 residents in 2023, down 7.1% from 1,809 in 2011. The average age is 49.0, against 45.8 in the province of Parma, and over-65s are 28.2%. Foreign residents make up 10.4% and declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

Solignano is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection classification, like 36 other municipalities in the province, while 7 are in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration is 0.160 g. For a stone house, have the roof and the ties between walls and floors checked, and ask whether any consolidation work has been done. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the parcel.

Key points

  • Middle Val Taro, with the Cisa motorway in the valley.
  • Hamlets differ: valley floor by the river or hill villages.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.160 g.
  • Population down 7.1% since 2011.

Overview

Solignano is a municipality in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 1,681 residents, ranked 35 of 44 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Solignano 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 0.160 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 fallen by 7.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 10.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Solignano declared an average taxable income of 25,832 euros, below the provincial average (28,491 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Solignano is in climate zone E, with 2,754 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 232 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Solignano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 4.7% of the land in Solignano, compared with 7.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Solignano 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 Solignano; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Solignano: 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 Solignano 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 Solignano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 21.8%
  • fair 78.2%

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 034035. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.