Valera Fratta: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Lodi, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Valera Fratta, Lodi farmland towards Sant'Angelo
Valera Fratta is a small municipality on the Lodi plain, in the countryside between Lodi and Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, made up of a main village, a few hamlets and farmsteads scattered among fields and irrigation ditches. It is a place people commute from: to Lodi, to Sant'Angelo, towards Pavia or Milan, almost always by car.
For buyers, the choice is varied but small in number. In the village there are courtyard houses and terraced homes in the old core, plus detached houses and small blocks of flats built more recently; in the countryside there are farmsteads, sometimes split into several flats. With a farmstead, check the roof, damp and the wiring and plumbing, and make sure what is built matches the land registry records. The climate zone is E, with cold winters and frequent fog.
Istat, the national statistics office, records 1,750 residents in 2023, up 4.9% on 2011. The population is young for the area, with an average age of 43.1 against 45.4 in the province and over-65s at 18.7%. Foreign residents make up 16.8% and households average 2.50 people. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Lodi.
Earthquake hazard is moderate. Valera Fratta is in seismic zone 3, like all 60 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.070 g. In an older house, the quality of past building work matters more.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. From the address the report finds the land parcel, measures distances to services and checks the official flood maps, useful on a plain crossed by irrigation channels.
Key points
- Small farming municipality between Lodi and Sant'Angelo Lodigiano.
- Residents up 4.9% since 2011, foreign residents 16.8%.
- Seismic zone 3, like all 60 municipalities in the province.
- Revenue Agency cadastral maps available.
Overview
Valera Fratta is a municipality in the province of Lodi, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,750 residents, ranked 43 of 60 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valera Fratta is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 60 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.070 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 4.9%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 16.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valera Fratta declared an average taxable income of 24,403 euros, below the provincial average (27,169 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Valera Fratta is in climate zone E, with 2,623 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 78 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valera Fratta has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility and 2 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
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Valera Fratta.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 8.8% of the land in Valera Fratta, compared with 12.4% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Valera Fratta 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Valera Fratta. 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 Valera Fratta: 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 Valera Fratta 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 11 inhabited census areas in Valera Fratta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 1.0%
- fair 99.0%
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.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- 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 Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 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 098059. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.