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Vespolate: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Novara, Piemonte. 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: Via Xxv Aprile 1945 1, Vespolate.

Vespolate, rice fields and farm courtyards south of Novara

Between Novara and the Lomellina the plain turns into rice fields, and that is where Vespolate sits, in the lower Novara plain. The village is compact, with low houses, farm courtyards and a regular landscape of canals and rows of trees. Novara is the reference for work, hospital and secondary schools, a short drive away.

Buyers will mostly find village houses and rural courtyard buildings, often large and in need of work, plus a few newer detached homes on the edges. Courtyard properties need a careful look: roofs, haylofts and solid brick walls usually call for work that should be costed before you make an offer. In an area of rice fields and canals it is also worth checking the official flood maps for the address, which the report includes.

Istat, the national statistics office, records 2,031 residents in 2023, down 1.7% on 2011, so the population is nearly stable. The average age is 47.9, a little above the provincial 46.7, 26.8% are over 65 and foreign residents make up 7.2%. Declared incomes are below the Novara average.

Earthquake risk is among the lowest in Italy: Vespolate is in seismic zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.038 g in the built-up area. In older houses on the plain, rising damp, insulation and the heating and wiring matter more, since this is climate zone E, with foggy, cold winters.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report traces the address back to its plot.

Key points

  • Lower Novara plain, among the rice fields south of Novara.
  • Population nearly stable: 2,031 in 2023.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.038 g.
  • Farm courtyards: cost the roof and wall work before an offer.

Overview

Vespolate is a municipality in the province of Novara, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,031 residents, ranked 35 of 87 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vespolate is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 87 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 1.7%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vespolate declared an average taxable income of 23,656 euros, below the provincial average (26,949 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vespolate is in climate zone E, with 2,464 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 123 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vespolate has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets and 2 healthcare facilities.

There are 2.5 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

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 4.7% of the land in Vespolate, compared with 11.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Vespolate is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Vespolate. 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 Vespolate: 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 Vespolate 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 12 inhabited census areas in Vespolate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 81 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 2.1%
  • good 35.7%
  • very good 62.2%

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

ISTAT code 003158. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.