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Almenno San Salvatore: 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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Almenno San Salvatore, at the mouth of the Valle Imagna

Where the Valle Imagna opens out towards the river Brembo and the plain, Almenno San Salvatore covers the valley floor and the lower slopes of the hills, about a dozen kilometres north-west of Bergamo. The area was once known as Lemine, a name kept by the Romanesque church of San Giorgio in Lemine; the round church of San Tomè, often linked with the name Almenno, is actually in neighbouring Almenno San Bartolomeo.

Today the village is mainly residential, home to people who work in Bergamo, in the Isola bergamasca district to the south or in the small industrial areas nearby. There is no railway, and almost everything is done by car. Buyers will find small villas and low-rise blocks on the lower ground, older houses in the historic core and scattered homes on the slopes, where access and gradient matter as much as the house itself. Average declared incomes are a little below the provincial figure.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 5,500 residents in 2023, 331 fewer than at the 2011 census, a drop of 5.7%. The province is fairly young by Italian standards, but Almenno is ageing faster: an average age of 47.3 against 45.2, and over-65s at 26.0% against 22.5%. Foreign residents are few, 4.1%. The services on record include 3 school sites, 2 pharmacies and 3 supermarkets, while healthcare facilities in the municipality number 0, so appointments and tests mean a trip to Bergamo or Ponte San Pietro.

Every one of the 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo is in seismic zone 3 on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department. In Almenno the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.090 g, on the lower side of average. In the stone houses of the old core, have the timber floors and roof inspected before renovating; for a flat, ask the building manager when the block was built and what work has been done on the shared parts.

Near the Brembo and the streams coming down the valley, flood hazard needs checking; on the wooded slopes, landslides. The report runs both checks at the address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Valley floor and hills at the mouth of the Valle Imagna, north-west of Bergamo.
  • 5,500 residents, down 5.7% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 26.0%, against 22.5% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.090 g.

Overview

Almenno San Salvatore is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,500 residents, ranked 64 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Almenno San Salvatore 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 0.090 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 5.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, higher than the province average (45). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Almenno San Salvatore declared an average taxable income of 25,014 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Almenno San Salvatore is in climate zone E, with 2,460 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 324 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Almenno San Salvatore has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 3 sports facilities.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 23.7% of the land in Almenno San Salvatore, 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

Almenno San Salvatore 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 Almenno San Salvatore. 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 Almenno San Salvatore: 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 Almenno San Salvatore 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 33 inhabited census areas in Almenno San Salvatore. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 47.5%
  • good 52.5%

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 016007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.