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Vernate: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Milano, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Francesco Roboni 3, Vernate.

Vernate, rice fields and farmsteads south-west of Milan

The irrigated plain south-west of Milan is a landscape of rice paddies, irrigation ditches and large farmsteads, and this is where Vernate lies, inside the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, a protected farming belt. The municipality consists of a main village and a few hamlets that grew up around old farmsteads. Milan is about thirty kilometres away, and many residents work in the city or its suburbs.

The town has grown. In 2023 there were 3,413 residents, up 7.3% since 2011, or 232 more people, according to Istat, the national statistics office, and the average age is 44.5, lower than 45.6 for the metropolitan area. Over-65s make up 19.8%, against 23.0% for the province, and foreign nationals 6.9%. These are the figures of a place chosen by young families looking for space outside the city.

Buyers find detached houses and small recent blocks of flats, as well as restored farmsteads split into apartments. The park limits new building, so farmland stays close to the houses. Average incomes are below those of the province of Milan, which has the highest in Italy. The open data show no public transport stops, so getting to Milan without a car is hard.

The Milan metropolitan area is split between seismic zones 3 and 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and Vernate is in zone 3, with a low expected ground acceleration of about 0.050 g. With a converted farmstead, ask whether the work also covered the roof and floors.

In an area of irrigation ditches and canals, damp and minor flooding are the practical issues, and the report checks the maps for the exact address. Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency are available.

Key points

  • Irrigated plain inside the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano.
  • Up 7.3% since 2011, average age 44.5.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.050 g.
  • No public transport stops in the data: you will need a car.

Overview

Vernate is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,413 residents, among the smallest in the province (121 of 133).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vernate is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 60 of 133 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 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 7.3%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vernate declared an average taxable income of 28,053 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vernate 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 103 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vernate has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 8.6% of the land in Vernate, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Vernate 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 Vernate.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vernate: 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 Vernate 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 26 inhabited census areas in Vernate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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

ISTAT code 015236. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.