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Sommacampagna: 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 Roma 1, Sommacampagna.

Sommacampagna, Custoza and the glacial hills west of Verona

West of Verona the last of the glacial hills left by the Lake Garda glacier drop down to the plain, and Sommacampagna sits right on that edge. Its territory includes Custoza, a hamlet known for the battles of Italy's wars of independence, remembered by the ossuary on the hill, and for the white wine named after it.

It is also a place of traffic and logistics. The A4 motorway has a junction at Sommacampagna, and Verona's Valerio Catullo airport lies at Caselle, a hamlet on the border with Villafranca. The main village has a compact centre with districts of detached houses and flats; Caselle lives next to the runway and business parks; Custoza stays among vineyards and farmland. Anyone looking at a house in Caselle should ask about aircraft noise and flight times.

At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 14,450 residents, down 1.1% since 2011, so essentially stable. The estimated average age of 45.3 is close to the provincial figure; over-65s are 22.0% against 23.2% and foreign residents 9.7%. Declared incomes are slightly below the Verona average. Bars and restaurants, 85 in Overture Maps data, are denser than the provincial average, helped by airport and winery traffic.

The Verona area is more earthquake-prone than many expect: 55 municipalities in the province are in zone 2 of the Civil Protection scale, the rest in zone 3. Sommacampagna is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.156 g. For a house built before recent standards, ask for the design date and whether any structural work has been done.

The hills have gentle slopes, but the report still checks landslide and flood maps for the address and, using the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, traces the land parcel. Climate zone E, with cold and often foggy winters on the plain.

Key points

  • Custoza, its ossuary and white wine on the glacial hills.
  • A4 junction and Verona airport at Caselle: check aircraft noise.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.156 g.
  • 14,450 residents, over-65s at 22.0%.

Overview

Sommacampagna is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 14,450 residents, ranked 15 of 98 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sommacampagna 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 0.156 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Sommacampagna, 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 fallen by 1.1%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sommacampagna declared an average taxable income of 24,710 euros, in line with the province (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sommacampagna is in climate zone E, with 2,612 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 121 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sommacampagna has 9 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 13 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

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 20.9% of the land in Sommacampagna, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 4.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Sommacampagna 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Sommacampagna, 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 Sommacampagna: 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 Sommacampagna 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 98 inhabited census areas in Sommacampagna. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 28.0%
  • fair 72.0%

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 023082. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.