Terre del Reno: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
Liveability index free for any address
Land sheet 6 free checks
Search for an address in Terre del Reno
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: Corso Italia 1, Terre del Reno.
Terre del Reno, Sant'Agostino and Mirabello by the Reno river
Terre del Reno is a young municipality: it was created in 2017 by merging Sant'Agostino and Mirabello, two villages on the Ferrara plain on the left bank of the Reno river, between Cento and Ferrara. The river, held between high embankments, marks the border with the province of Bologna, and the land is flat reclaimed countryside with villages strung out along the roads.
Buyers here should know what happened in May 2012. During the Emilia earthquakes, at San Carlo, a hamlet of Sant'Agostino, the sandy ground liquefied: sand boils appeared, roads cracked and houses were damaged because the ground beneath their foundations lost its strength. The effect depends on soil type and groundwater, and it changes from one street to the next. For a house built or repaired since then, ask for the geological report, details of any foundation work and the reconstruction file.
The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale from 1 (highest hazard) to 4, like 20 municipalities in the province of Ferrara, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.152 g. The report also reads flood hazard for the address, because next to the raised bed of the Reno and the drainage channels, ground level matters.
At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 10,142 residents, down 4.1% on the combined total of the two former municipalities in 2011. Terre del Reno is younger than its province, one of the oldest in Italy: a mean age of 46.9 against 49.2, with 25.2% over 65 against 28.9%. Foreign residents make up 11.8%. Incomes are in line with the provincial average.
Services are shared between the two centres: 10 school buildings and 10 sports facilities, but few pharmacies, 0.10 per 1,000 residents against 0.36 across the province. For everything else people go to Cento and Ferrara. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps and the report finds the plot from the address.
Key points
- Created in 2017 from Sant'Agostino and Mirabello, on the Reno.
- Soil liquefaction in 2012: ask for the geological report and works.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.152 g.
- 25.2% over 65, against 28.9% in the province.
Overview
Terre del Reno is a municipality in the province of Ferrara, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 10,142 residents, ranked 9 of 21 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Terre del Reno is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (20 of 21) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.152 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 4.1%. The estimated average age is 47 years, lower than the province average (49). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 11.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Terre del Reno declared an average taxable income of 24,245 euros, in line with the province (24,414 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Terre del Reno is in climate zone E, with 2,290 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 19 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Terre del Reno has 10 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 10 sports facilities.
There are 0.1 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).
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 11.3% of the land in Terre del Reno, compared with 7.2% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.6 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Terre del Reno 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Terre del Reno, and one more has 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 Terre del Reno: 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 Terre del Reno 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 64 inhabited census areas in Terre del Reno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 1.7%
- fair 98.3%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Emilia-Romagna, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2026.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 038028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.