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Valmozzola: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Parma, 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: Strada Provinciale 42 1, Valmozzola.

Valmozzola, scattered hamlets in the Parma Apennines

Valmozzola takes its name from the Mozzola stream, a tributary of the Taro, and covers a stretch of the Parma Apennines made up of wooded slopes, meadows and small scattered hamlets, each with just a few houses. The town hall stands at around 560 metres. For shops, schools and services people look to the larger towns of the Taro valley; Parma is reached by car on a mountain drive.

Buyers here almost always choose a stone hamlet house, sometimes with an outbuilding or a patch of land, often as a second home. Climate zone F is the coldest, so in winter what counts is snow on the local roads, the type of heating and the distance from services. Before buying, drive the access road in bad weather too.

The population is elderly: an average age of 55.0 against 45.8 in the province of Parma, with over-65s at 38.8% against 23.4%. In 2023 there were 536 residents, down 5.5% on 2011, and households have 1.74 people on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Valmozzola is in seismic zone 3, like 37 of the 44 municipalities in the province, but the expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.183 g, not a negligible value. For a stone hamlet house, have a surveyor check the walls, floors and roof.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps and the report links the address to its parcel. On Apennine slopes landslide hazard changes from one hamlet to another and from one plot to the next, and the report reads it on the official maps for the exact address.

Key points

  • Parma Apennines, hamlets scattered along the Mozzola.
  • Average age 55.0, over-65s at 38.8%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.183 g.
  • Test access roads and heating in winter too.

Overview

Valmozzola is a municipality in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 536 residents, among the smallest in the province (44 of 44).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valmozzola is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (37 of 44) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.183 g, a medium-high 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 5.5%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (46). 39% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 7.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valmozzola declared an average taxable income of 21,150 euros, below the provincial average (28,491 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valmozzola is in climate zone F, with 3,180 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 565 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valmozzola has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 2.6% of the land in Valmozzola, compared with 7.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Valmozzola is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Valmozzola.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Valmozzola: 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 Valmozzola 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 38 inhabited census areas in Valmozzola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 7.4%
  • fair 92.6%

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 034044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.