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Volta Mantovana: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Roma 1, Volta Mantovana.

Volta Mantovana, moraine hills above the Mincio

The moraine hills south of Lake Garda end here, above the Mincio valley, and Volta Mantovana covers their last stretch before the plain of Mantua. The town is gathered around Palazzo Gonzaga, whose Italian gardens step down in terraces, and around it vineyards, fields and scattered hamlets alternate.

Buyers come looking for space and greenery within reach of Mantua, Verona and the lake, all around half an hour or a little more by car. On offer are village houses, farmhouses to restore, detached homes from recent decades and a few hillside houses with views. The public transport data show no lines of its own, so life without a car is hard.

At the end of 2023 there were 7,221 residents, 1.1% fewer than in 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 46.8, in line with the province of Mantua, and over-65s make up 23.7%. Foreign residents account for 8.4%. The data list 39 places to eat and 11 sports facilities, more per head than the provincial average.

The Garda area has seismic activity worth taking seriously. Around Mantua 5 municipalities are in zone 2 and 59 in zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale; Volta is in zone 3, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.137 g in the built-up area. For a farmhouse or stone house, ask whether walls and roof have been strengthened and whether any barn conversion had the necessary permits.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. The report checks addresses near the Mincio and the irrigation canals, where flood hazard differs from that on the hills.

Key points

  • Moraine hills south of Lake Garda, above the Mincio valley.
  • Mantua, Verona and the lake about half an hour by car.
  • Population down 1.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.137 g.

Overview

Volta Mantovana is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 7,221 residents, ranked 15 of 64 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Volta Mantovana is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (59 of 64) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.137 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 fallen by 1.1%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Volta Mantovana declared an average taxable income of 24,441 euros, in line with the province (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Volta Mantovana is in climate zone E, with 2,526 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 98 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Volta Mantovana has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities and 11 sports facilities.

There are 0.6 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.9).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 10.7% of the land in Volta Mantovana, compared with 10.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 5.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Volta Mantovana 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 Volta Mantovana.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Volta Mantovana: 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 Volta Mantovana 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 108 inhabited census areas in Volta Mantovana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 41.2%
  • good 58.8%

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 020070. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.