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Almè: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Bergamo, Lombardia. 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 Campofiori 1, Almè.

Almè, on the Brembo at the gateway to the Valle Brembana

Between Bergamo and the first mountains of the Valle Brembana runs a line of villages that have almost merged into one another, and Almè is one of them. The municipality covers a small area along the river Brembo, and much of it is already built up: houses, blocks of flats, shops and workshops follow one another with little open land before the neighbouring municipalities begin. Bergamo is a few kilometres away.

Being so close to the city makes Almè a place where people live and work elsewhere. The trip to Bergamo is short on paper, but it is worth trying at rush hour before you decide. Services are good for a place of this size: the data count 33 cafés and restaurants, 6.01 per 1,000 residents against 4.08 in the province, plus 6 sports facilities and 4 supermarkets. The market is mostly flats in low-rise blocks and apartment buildings, with few detached houses. Average declared incomes are a little below the Bergamo average.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 5,491 residents in 2023, down 3.1% on 2011. The population is older than the province's, with an average age of 47.6 against 45.2 and over-65s at 27.0%. Foreign residents make up 7.2%, and households average 2.22 people.

Almè is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like all 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo, with expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.096 g. In a block from the 1960s or 1970s, what matters most is the state of the reinforced concrete frame, insulation and the cost of maintaining shared parts, which the building manager can tell you about.

Areas closest to the Brembo and the smaller streams need checking for flood risk, and some of the banks along the river for landslides. The report runs these checks for the individual address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Small, densely built municipality on the Brembo, a few kilometres from Bergamo.
  • 33 cafés and restaurants, above the provincial rate per resident.
  • Average age 47.6, against 45.2 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.096 g.

Overview

Almè is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,491 residents, ranked 65 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Almè is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 243 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.096 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 3.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Almè declared an average taxable income of 25,141 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Almè is in climate zone E, with 2,418 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 294 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Almè has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities and 6 sports facilities.

There are 0.5 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 Almè.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 56.9% of the land in Almè, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Almè 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Almè. 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 Almè: 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 Almè 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 21 inhabited census areas in Almè. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 42.7%
  • good 57.3%

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 016005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.