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Vailate: 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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Vailate, the corner of the Crema area facing Treviglio

Vailate sits at the far north-western tip of the province of Cremona, in the Crema area, where the irrigated plain meets the Bergamo lowlands. The town is compact, surrounded by maize fields and meadows crossed by irrigation channels and spring-fed ditches, and from here Treviglio is closer than Crema.

Being near Treviglio, with its station on the lines to Milan, Bergamo and Brescia, has brought in families who work in the Milan area and want bigger homes at lower prices. The market offers recent terraced and semi-detached houses on the edge of town, flats in small blocks and the odd farmhouse in the countryside. Milan is reached by car or by catching the train in a neighbouring town.

It is one of the few municipalities in the province that is growing. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 4,617 residents in 2023, up 3.5% on 2011, and Vailate ranks 14 in the province by population. The average age of 45.6 is below the provincial 46.8, over-65s make up 22.4% against 25.3%, and foreign residents 10.5%.

All 113 municipalities in the province of Cremona are in seismic zone 3; in Vailate the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.095 g. In older brick houses, look at the walls, the roof and damp, which is common on a plain where the water table lies close to the surface. The report checks the official flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • North-western Crema area, closer to Treviglio than to Crema.
  • 4,617 residents, up 3.5% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 22.4%, against 25.3% provincially.
  • Seismic zone 3, like the whole province of Cremona.

Overview

Vailate is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,617 residents, ranked 14 of 113 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vailate 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 0.095 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 grown by 3.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vailate declared an average taxable income of 25,561 euros, in line with the province (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vailate is in climate zone E, with 2,404 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 103 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vailate has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 13.6% of the land in Vailate, 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

Vailate 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 Vailate.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vailate: 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 Vailate 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 21 inhabited census areas in Vailate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.5%
  • good 98.5%

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 019112. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.