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Trecate: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Novara, Piemonte. 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: Corso Roma 1, Trecate.

Trecate, between Novara and the Ticino on the Milan line

The last stretch of Piedmont before the river Ticino and Lombardy belongs largely to Trecate, which sits on the railway and the road linking Novara with Milan. Rice fields and farmland surround the town, and to the east the river valley is protected by the Ticino park. There is an industrial side too: close to the town are an oil refinery and the wells of an oil field.

For people working in Milan or Novara, location is the main reason to choose Trecate. The station is on the Turin to Milan line, Novara is a few minutes away and Malpensa airport is not far. Homes are mostly detached houses, farmsteads converted into housing and 1960s and 1970s apartment blocks around the centre, with newer estates on the edges.

The town is growing and getting younger. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 20,839 residents in 2023, up 5.0% since 2011. The average age of 43.6 is lower than the province's 46.7, and over-65s make up 20.3%. Foreign nationals account for 19.4%, a high share for the Novara area. Services on record are few for the population, with 6 schools and 5 pharmacies, both below the provincial rate per resident, so Novara remains the reference for much of daily life. Average incomes are slightly below the provincial figure.

Earthquakes are not the main worry: Trecate is in seismic zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like all 87 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.038 g. The high water table typical of irrigated plains, which tests cellars and basements, matters more, as does the distance from the refinery and the wells, worth checking in person before settling on a street.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report reaches the plot from the address. Towards the Ticino and along the irrigation channels, flood hazard is checked for the individual spot.

Key points

  • On the Turin to Milan railway, between Novara and the Ticino.
  • 20,839 residents, up 5.0% since 2011.
  • Average age 43.6, younger than the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, as in all 87 local municipalities.

Overview

Trecate is a municipality in the province of Novara, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 20,839 residents, the third most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Trecate is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 87 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 5.0%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 19.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Trecate declared an average taxable income of 24,971 euros, below the provincial average (26,949 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Trecate is in climate zone E, with 2,481 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 136 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Trecate has 6 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 13 grocery shops and supermarkets, 7 healthcare facilities, 12 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.9).

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 20.5% of the land in Trecate, compared with 11.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Trecate is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte 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 11 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Trecate, and 24 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 Trecate: 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 Trecate 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 90 inhabited census areas in Trecate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.0%
  • fair 15.2%
  • good 64.7%
  • very good 19.1%

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 003149. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.