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Tornata: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Cremona, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Tornata, farmland on the eastern Cremona plain

Tornata is a small municipality on the eastern side of the Cremona plain, not far from the province of Mantua. The land is flat, around thirty metres above sea level, made up of fields, irrigation channels and courtyard farmsteads, with the village gathered around its church. For larger services people go to nearby towns or to Cremona.

The village has lost quite a few residents in recent years: Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 491 in 2011 and 408 in 2023, a fall of 16.9%. The average age of 47.5 is close to the provincial 46.8, and over-65s make up 24.8%. Foreign nationals are 13.0% and households average 2.37 people. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

Homes for sale are often detached houses and parts of old farmsteads, with plenty of space at village prices. In a farmstead, look closely at rising damp in the walls, the roofs and the wiring and plumbing, and find out which parts of the complex belong to other owners. The land registry helps here: the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the maps and the report links the address to its parcel.

All 113 municipalities in the province of Cremona are in seismic zone 3 on the scale used by Italy's Civil Protection Department. In Tornata the expected ground acceleration is about 0.076 g. In old buildings on the plain, the usual weak points are the connections between walls and floors and the tall gable walls of former barns.

Flooding depends on nearby channels and watercourses, and is read at the individual address on the official maps the report consults.

Key points

  • Small municipality on the eastern Cremona plain, not far from Mantua.
  • Residents down 16.9% since 2011.
  • All 113 Cremona municipalities in seismic zone 3.
  • Farmsteads and detached houses: check damp and roofs.

Overview

Tornata is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 408 residents, among the smallest in the province (107 of 113).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Tornata is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 113 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.076 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 16.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 13.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Tornata declared an average taxable income of 25,443 euros, in line with the province (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Tornata 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 29 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 6.7% of the land in Tornata, compared with 10.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Tornata 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 Tornata.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Tornata: 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 Tornata 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 7 inhabited census areas in Tornata. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 019106. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.