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Appiano Gentile: 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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Appiano Gentile, pine woods and Inter's training ground

Appiano Gentile lies in the south-west of the province of Como, towards the border with the province of Varese, in an area of low hills and woodland. Much of the land falls within the Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate regional park, a large protected green area. It is also home to the training centre of Inter, the Milan football club, known locally as the Pinetina.

The town is residential, with average declared incomes above the provincial average. There are villas and smaller detached houses with gardens, often on the edge of the woods, and blocks of flats in the centre. There is no railway station in the municipality: people drive to Milan, Como and Varese, or catch the train in a neighbouring town.

At the end of 2023 there were 7,715 residents, the same as in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 47.2, a little higher than the province (46.3), with over-65s at 25.6% against 24.1%. Foreign residents are 5.5%, and households average 2.30 people.

Earthquakes are not a concern: the whole province of Como is in seismic zone 4 on the scale kept by the Civil Protection Department (Protezione Civile), and in Appiano expected ground acceleration is about 0.039 g. A house near the woods needs other kinds of attention: tall trees close to the building, damp in ground-floor rooms, and roofs and gutters filling with leaves. The area is in climate zone E, with cold winters.

Inside the park, planning rules are stricter: if you plan to extend, add a pool or fence the land, check the restrictions before buying. The report starts from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps and checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Hills and woods of the Pineta park, home of Inter's Pinetina.
  • 7,715 residents in 2023, as in 2011.
  • Over-65s at 25.6%, above the provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 4; park restrictions to check.

Overview

Appiano Gentile is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 7,715 residents, ranked 17 of 147 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Appiano Gentile 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 0.039 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Appiano Gentile declared an average taxable income of 29,562 euros, above the provincial average (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Appiano Gentile is in climate zone E, with 2,649 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 366 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Appiano Gentile has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

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 Appiano Gentile.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 18.0% of the land in Appiano Gentile, 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

Appiano Gentile 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 Appiano Gentile.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Appiano Gentile: 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 Appiano Gentile 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 38 inhabited census areas in Appiano Gentile. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 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 013010. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.