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Sustinente: 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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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 Guglielmo Marconi 43, Sustinente.

Sustinente, the low Mantuan plain along the Po

Embankments, fields and straight roads: Sustinente is a municipality on the Po plain east of Mantua, in a landscape that is entirely horizontal. The village sits only a few metres above sea level and farming still shapes the area, with courtyard farms, farmhouses and a few scattered hamlets. For work and services people look to Mantua and the larger towns nearby, almost always by car.

Buyers will find village houses, detached homes and old rural courtyards, often with generous space, at prices worth comparing area by area. The first thing to check is water: in a municipality on the Po, what counts is the distance from the river, the height of the plot and the official flood maps, which the report reads for the exact address. In older houses on the plain, also look at rising damp and the state of the foundations.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counts 2,034 residents in 2023, down 9.2% on the 2,240 of 2011. The average age is 48.3, above the provincial 46.4, and 27.5% are over 65 against 24.4% in the province. Foreign residents make up 11.0%. Declared incomes are slightly below the Mantua average.

On earthquakes, Sustinente is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.087 g in the built-up area. That is a moderate value, but in older brick buildings it is worth asking how the roof is tied to the walls and whether any structural repairs have been made.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report can trace the address back to its plot.

Key points

  • Mantuan plain on the Po, east of Mantua.
  • Population down 9.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.087 g.
  • Near the river: check plot height and flood maps.

Overview

Sustinente is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,034 residents, ranked 50 of 64 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sustinente is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (59 of 64) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.087 g, a moderate 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 9.2%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sustinente declared an average taxable income of 23,669 euros, below the provincial average (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sustinente is in climate zone E, with 2,388 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 17 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sustinente has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

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

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 7.2% of the land in Sustinente, 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

Sustinente 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 open contaminated sites in Sustinente; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sustinente: 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 Sustinente 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 42 inhabited census areas in Sustinente. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 6.4%
  • fair 93.6%

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 020064. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.