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Voltido: what to know before buying a home

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

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Voltido, flat farmland between Cremona and Casalmaggiore

At thirty-five metres above sea level, Voltido is one of the villages of the low Cremona plain in Lombardy, in the area between Cremona and Casalmaggiore. The landscape is one of fields stretching to the horizon, courtyard farmsteads and rows of trees along the ditches. People look to the larger towns nearby and to Cremona for work and services.

Farming still defines the area, and the housing market reflects it: village houses, large farmsteads to restore and a few small detached homes. Buying a farmstead means allowing for major work on roofs, floors and services, and checking boundaries, rights of way and the permitted use of outbuildings carefully. On the Po plain, rising damp and winter fog (climate zone E) are part of daily life.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 333 residents in 2023, 72 fewer than the 405 of 2011, a fall of 17.8%. The estimated average age is 51.5, against 46.8 in the province of Cremona, and 32.1% of residents are over 65. Households average 2.23 people; foreign residents make up 7.8%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

All 113 municipalities in the province of Cremona are in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, and in Voltido the expected acceleration is about 0.078 g. In a farmstead, have someone check how beams and roofs rest on the walls, especially in barns and outbuildings.

On an irrigated plain crossed by canals and close to large rivers, the report checks the official flood maps for the address. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are available.

Key points

  • Low Cremona plain, between Cremona and Casalmaggiore.
  • Farmsteads to restore: check boundaries, rights of way, roofs.
  • 333 residents in 2023, down 17.8% since 2011.
  • All 113 municipalities in Cremona province in seismic zone 3.

Overview

Voltido is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 333 residents, among the smallest in the province (111 of 113).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Voltido is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 113 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.078 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 17.8%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Voltido declared an average taxable income of 21,687 euros, below the provincial average (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Voltido is in climate zone E, with 2,389 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 35 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 4.4% of the land in Voltido, compared with 10.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Voltido 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 Voltido.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Voltido: 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 Voltido 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 5 inhabited census areas in Voltido. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 019115. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.