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Tresignana: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. 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 del Mare 1, Tresignana.

Tresignana, Tresigallo and Formignana on the Ferrara plain

Tresignana is new only on paper. It was created in 2019 by merging Tresigallo and Formignana, two villages on the plain east of Ferrara, on the way towards the Po delta and the beaches around Comacchio. The land is flat and shaped by drainage canals from land reclamation, with fields between one village and the next.

Tresigallo looks like nowhere else in the province. In the 1930s it was rebuilt almost from scratch at the wish of Edmondo Rossoni, a government minister born in the village, with wide squares, straight avenues and public buildings and houses in the Rationalist style; today it is known as the "metaphysical town". Buying on these streets means buying a building with a clear history, and often with rules on what work you can do. Formignana is more compact, with low houses and detached homes. For anything bigger people drive to Ferrara.

The population is shrinking. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,986 residents in 2023, 5.1% fewer than the two former municipalities together in 2011. The average age is 50.7 and 31.3% of residents are over 65, above the 28.9% for the province, which is already one of the oldest in Italy. Foreign residents make up 12.4%. Declared incomes are below the Ferrara average. Many homes on sale are inherited properties that need new heating, wiring and insulation.

The Civil Protection Department places the municipality in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.110 g. On the plain the ground is often soft sand or clay, and how a building copes with an earthquake depends a lot on its foundations. Before buying, ask when the house was built, what state the foundations are in and whether any cracks are recent.

In reclaimed land close to sea level water is always worth checking, and the report looks at flood hazard for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, so an address can be traced to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Created in 2019 by merging Tresigallo and Formignana.
  • Tresigallo was rebuilt in the 1930s in the Rationalist style.
  • Over-65s at 31.3%; residents down 5.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.110 g.

Overview

Tresignana is a municipality in the province of Ferrara, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 6,986 residents, ranked 14 of 21 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Tresignana 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 0.110 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 5.1%. The estimated average age is 51 years, in line with the province. 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 12.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Tresignana declared an average taxable income of 20,924 euros, below the provincial average (24,414 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Tresignana is in climate zone E, with 2,272 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 3 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Tresignana has 7 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 5 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no pharmacies 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 8.4% of the land in Tresignana, compared with 7.2% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Tresignana 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Tresignana, 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 Tresignana: 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 Tresignana 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 52 inhabited census areas in Tresignana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 25.1%
  • good 74.9%

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 038030. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.