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Torreglia: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Padova, Veneto. 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 San Daniele 1, Torreglia.

Torreglia, in the Euganean Hills behind Abano Terme

Torreglia covers a stretch of the Euganean Hills, the volcanic hills south-west of Padua, just behind the spa town of Abano Terme. The main village and hamlets sit at the foot of the hills, while the land climbs towards Monte Rua, where a Camaldolese hermitage looks out over the plain. In Luvigliano, one of the hamlets, stands the Villa dei Vescovi, a sixteenth-century villa now open to the public through FAI, Italy's national heritage trust.

The whole hilly area lies inside the Euganean Hills Regional Park, and that matters to buyers. Extensions, new buildings, swimming pools and changes of use must follow park rules and landscape restrictions, so before signing find out what you will actually be allowed to do with a hillside house or a farm building.

Torreglia is mostly a residential village for people working in Padua or in the spa area, both a short drive away. Country restaurants and wineries in the hills draw visitors at weekends: the data list 49 cafés and restaurants, 8.13 per 1,000 residents against 4.18 in the province of Padua.

The population is older than average. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,029 residents in 2023, down 2.9% since 2011; average age is 48.0 against 46.5, and over-65s are 26.6%, compared with 24.2% across the province. Foreign nationals are 6.2%.

Torreglia is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department classification, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.077 g. More relevant here are landslips on the hillsides after heavy rain and, at the foot of the hills, ditches that fill quickly; the report checks the official maps for the address. Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are published.

Key points

  • Euganean Hills behind Abano Terme, home of the Villa dei Vescovi.
  • Seismic zone 3; landslips matter more on the slopes.
  • Regional park rules apply to extensions and new buildings.
  • Over-65s at 26.6%, against 24.2% in the province.

Overview

Torreglia is a municipality in the province of Padova, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 6,029 residents, ranked 49 of 101 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Torreglia is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (89 of 101) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.077 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 2.9%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (47). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Torreglia declared an average taxable income of 25,350 euros, below the provincial average (26,932 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Torreglia is in climate zone E, with 2,383 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 23 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Torreglia has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility, 2 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 15.0% of the land in Torreglia, compared with 18.7% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Torreglia is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Veneto in 2025. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 5 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Torreglia. 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 Torreglia: 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 Torreglia 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 30 inhabited census areas in Torreglia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 81.4%
  • good 18.6%

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 028092. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.