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Albareto: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Localita' Albareto 151, Albareto.

Albareto, chestnut woods and porcini in the Taro valley

Albareto is a municipality in the Apennines of Parma, in the Taro valley, close to Borgo Val di Taro. The land is mostly chestnut and beech woods, pasture and hamlets spread over a wide area. It lies within the zone of the Fungo di Borgotaro, a porcini mushroom with protected geographical status, and the autumn harvest draws many visitors.

Buyers here are often after a holiday home or a quieter life away from the plain. Stone houses in the hamlets are plentiful and vary a great deal in condition and access: some are on easy roads, others in hamlets reached by narrow, steep lanes. Winters fall in climate zone F, the coldest, so heating, insulation and snow clearing belong in the running costs. For work people look to Borgo Val di Taro, then Parma.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,079 residents in 2023, down 4.0% since 2011. The average age is 50.6, high compared with 45.8 for the province, and 32.6% are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 3.9%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Few municipalities in the province of Parma are in seismic zone 2: Albareto is one of them, along with 6 others. Expected ground acceleration is 0.196 g. For an old masonry house, have the connections between walls and floors checked and ask whether any seismic upgrading has been done.

The report locates the parcel on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps and checks the official landslide and flood maps for that point.

Key points

  • Taro valley, home ground of the Borgotaro porcini.
  • One of few Parma municipalities in seismic zone 2.
  • Population down 4.0%; over-65s at 32.6%.
  • Climate zone F: long, cold winters.

Overview

Albareto is a municipality in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 2,079 residents, ranked 31 of 44 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Albareto is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 7 of 44 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.196 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Albareto, 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 resident population has fallen by 4.0%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (46). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 3.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Albareto declared an average taxable income of 22,210 euros, below the provincial average (28,491 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Albareto is in climate zone F, with 3,015 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 512 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Albareto has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

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 2.9% of the land in Albareto, compared with 7.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Albareto is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. 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 no contaminated sites in Albareto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Albareto: 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 Albareto 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 55 inhabited census areas in Albareto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.6%
  • fair 84.8%
  • good 10.5%

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 034001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.