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Alzate Brianza: what to know before buying a home

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

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Alzate Brianza, hills between Como, Cantù and Erba

In the heart of the Como side of Brianza, between Como, Cantù and Erba, Alzate Brianza covers a stretch of glacial hills with meadows, woods and small lakes nearby. The municipality brings together the main village and several hamlets that were once separate, now joined by streets of family houses.

Brianza is furniture-making and small-business country, and many residents work in the woodworking district between Cantù and Mariano or in local firms, as well as in Como and Milan. Buyers will find villas and detached houses with gardens, some restored courtyard buildings and small blocks of flats. There is no railway station in the town, so the car is the main way to get around, and Brianza's provincial roads are often busy at rush hour.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 4,823 residents in 2023, down 3.9% since 2011. The average age is 46.8, in line with the province, and 24.2% are over 65. Declared incomes are just above the Como average. Services on record include 4 healthcare facilities, 0.83 per 1,000 residents against 0.59 in the province.

Every municipality in the province of Como is in seismic zone 4, the lowest in the Civil Protection Department classification, and expected ground acceleration here is about 0.046 g. The climate is the bigger factor: zone E, at around 370 metres, with cold, damp winters. In villas from the 1970s and 1980s, insulation and the boiler are often the largest costs.

Streams and irrigation channels run between the hills, and some low-lying areas are damp. The report checks flooding and slope at the address and uses the Revenue Agency cadastre to find the plot.

Key points

  • Como side of Brianza, between Como, Cantù and Erba.
  • 4,823 residents, down 3.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.046 g.
  • Incomes in line with the Como provincial average.

Overview

Alzate Brianza is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,823 residents, ranked 40 of 147 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Alzate Brianza is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 147 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.046 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 3.9%. 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 3.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Alzate Brianza declared an average taxable income of 27,141 euros, in line with the province (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Alzate Brianza is in climate zone E, with 2,596 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 371 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Alzate Brianza has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 4 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 18.6% of the land in Alzate Brianza, compared with 12.3% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Alzate Brianza 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 open contaminated sites in Alzate Brianza; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Alzate Brianza: 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 Alzate Brianza 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 22 inhabited census areas in Alzate Brianza. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 7.9%
  • good 92.1%

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 013007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.