Villafranca di Verona: 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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Villafranca di Verona, the Scaliger castle and the airport
Villafranca's name is tied to the 1859 armistice between Napoleon III and Franz Joseph, signed here during the Second Italian War of Independence. The town lies on the plain south-west of Verona. The Scaliger castle stands in the middle, and the straight, parallel streets of the centre go back to its medieval founding as a planned free town by Verona.
Valerio Catullo airport, Verona's airport, sits between Villafranca and Sommacampagna, close to the hamlet of Dossobuono. If you are buying on that side, aircraft noise and take-off routes matter as much as the price, and are worth checking in person at different times of day. Villafranca also has a station on the Verona-Mantua line, and the Brenner and Venice-Milan motorways are close.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 32,928 residents in 2023, up 0.6% since 2011. The average age, 45.3, is in line with the province; over-65s make up 22.5% and foreign residents 10.2%. Villafranca holds 3.6% of the province's population. Shopping is well covered, with 23 supermarkets, 0.70 per 1,000 residents against 0.48.
In the province of Verona, 55 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 and 43 in zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale. Villafranca is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.146 g. For courtyard houses in the centre and old farmhouses in the hamlets, ask how the structure is built and what work has been done; in recent blocks, the energy rating matters more.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) land registry maps are published. The Tione stream and the irrigation channels crossing the area are what to check for flooding, and the report does so for the address.
Key points
- Scaliger castle, the 1859 armistice, Catullo airport nearby.
- 32,928 residents in 2023, up 0.6%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.146 g.
- Near Dossobuono, check aircraft noise in person.
Overview
Villafranca di Verona is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 32,928 residents, the second most populous in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villafranca di Verona 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 0.146 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Villafranca di Verona, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villafranca di Verona declared an average taxable income of 25,248 euros, in line with the province (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Villafranca di Verona is in climate zone E, with 2,282 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 54 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Villafranca di Verona has 27 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 23 grocery shops and supermarkets, 29 healthcare facilities, 32 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.
There are 0.7 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 22.8% of the land in Villafranca di Verona, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.9 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Villafranca di Verona 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 Villafranca di Verona, and 22 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 Villafranca di Verona: 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 Villafranca di Verona 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 343 inhabited census areas in Villafranca di Verona. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 10.0%
- fair 68.3%
- good 21.6%
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
- 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 023096. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.