Valeggio sul Mincio: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Verona, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Valeggio sul Mincio, Borghetto and the hills south of Lake Garda
Valeggio lies on the glacial hills south of Lake Garda, along the river Mincio and close to the border with Lombardy. The municipality includes Borghetto, a small riverside hamlet with old watermills and a fortified medieval bridge-dam (the ponte visconteo), and the Sigurtà garden park. Food lovers know the town for its tortellini, called nodi d'amore (love knots), served in many of its restaurants.
The town is growing and draws people who work in Verona or around the lake. Buyers choose between flats in the centre of Valeggio, detached houses on newer estates and farm buildings scattered over the hills, often next to fields and vineyards. Borghetto, with its old houses and weekend tourism, is a market of its own, where conservation rules on historic buildings and closeness to the river both count.
At the end of 2023 Valeggio had 16,050 residents, up 12.2% since 2011, or 1,750 more people (Istat, the national statistics office). It is young for the Veneto: the estimated average age is 43.4 against 45.6 in the province, with over-65s at 18.8%. Foreign residents make up 11.5%. There are 105 restaurants and cafés on record, 6.54 per 1,000 residents, well above the provincial average.
The Garda area is more seismically active than the rest of the Verona plain. Valeggio is in zone 2, like 54 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.147 g. For a farm building or an old house in Borghetto, ask what structural work has been done; for a recent house, ask for the design and the structural sign-off.
Near the Mincio and the canals, the flood maps matter; on the glacial ridges, the slope. The report checks both for the exact address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.
Key points
- On the Mincio south of Lake Garda, with Borghetto and Sigurtà park.
- Up 12.2% since 2011, average age 43.4.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.147 g.
- Restaurants: 6.54 per 1,000 residents.
Overview
Valeggio sul Mincio is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 16,050 residents, ranked 13 of 98 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valeggio sul Mincio is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (55 of 98) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.147 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Valeggio sul Mincio, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 12.2%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valeggio sul Mincio declared an average taxable income of 24,675 euros, in line with the province (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Valeggio sul Mincio is in climate zone E, with 2,440 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 88 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valeggio sul Mincio has 7 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 15 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.
There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).
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 14.8% of the land in Valeggio sul Mincio, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 10.1 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Valeggio sul Mincio is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Valeggio sul Mincio, and 4 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 Valeggio sul Mincio: 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 Valeggio sul Mincio 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 111 inhabited census areas in Valeggio sul Mincio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 3.6%
- fair 29.3%
- good 67.2%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 023089. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.