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Badia Pavese: what to know before buying a home

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

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Badia Pavese, farmland on the low plain near the Po

Set among fields and farmsteads, Badia Pavese is a farming municipality on the low plain of the province of Pavia, in the belt near the river Po, about fifty metres above sea level. Its name points to an old abbey (badia in Italian). The village is small and quiet; for work and services people rely on the larger towns of the area and, further afield, Pavia.

Homes are mostly detached houses, small villas and farmhouses, sometimes with a courtyard and outbuildings. On a plain near a major river, the first thing to check is the position relative to areas that flood: the report reads the official flood hazard maps at the exact address, and the difference between one house and the next can be sharp.

Istat, the national statistics institute, recorded 409 residents in 2023, up 1.7% on the 402 of 2011. The average age is 48.5, against 47.1 in the province, and over-65s make up 26.9%. Foreign nationals are 13.7% of residents and households average 2.25 people. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Italy's Civil Protection Department places the municipality in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.089 g in the built-up area. In farmhouses and rural buildings converted into homes, it is worth checking how walls are tied to floors and what state the roofs are in.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report links the address to its land parcel and shows how the land around a farmstead is divided.

Key points

  • Farming municipality on the low Pavia plain, near the Po.
  • Residents since 2011: +1.7%, average age 48.5.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.089 g.
  • Flood hazard to be checked address by address on official maps.

Overview

Badia Pavese is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 409 residents, ranked 157 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Badia Pavese is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (157 of 184) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.089 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 grown by 1.7%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 13.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Badia Pavese declared an average taxable income of 22,664 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Badia Pavese is in climate zone E, with 2,664 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 55 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Badia Pavese has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 8.8% of the land in Badia Pavese, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Badia Pavese 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 Badia Pavese; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Badia Pavese: 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 Badia Pavese 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 9 inhabited census areas in Badia Pavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 018006. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.