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Bajardo: what to know before buying a home

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

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Bajardo, a mountain village in the hills behind Sanremo

From Sanremo a road of hairpin bends climbs for around twenty kilometres to Bajardo, a village on top of a ridge at about 900 metres, among chestnut woods with views of the Ligurian Alps. It is a cluster of stone houses packed along narrow lanes, with the ruins of the old church at the top, which collapsed in the earthquake of 1887.

Foreign residents make up 34.1% of the population. There were 378 residents in 2023, 21.2% more than the 312 of 2011. The estimated average age is 53.5, against 48.7 for the province of Imperia, and over-65s make up 35.2%.

The market is village houses to restore, houses already done up and a few rural buildings with land. For a buyer, access (some houses can only be reached on foot), the state of roofs and walls, and the distance from services all weigh: schools, hospital and shopping are down on the coast. It is climate zone F, with winters colder than you might expect a few kilometres from the sea.

The collapsed church is a reminder that the western Ligurian coast is seismic. Bajardo is in zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, with 35 other municipalities in the province, while 30 are in zone 2, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.159 g. For stone houses, have the load-bearing walls checked before buying.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report finds the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Ridge-top village at about 900 metres, inland from Sanremo.
  • Foreign residents at 34.1%.
  • 378 residents in 2023, up 21.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3: check the walls of stone houses.

Overview

Bajardo is a municipality in the province of Imperia, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 378 residents, ranked 48 of 66 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bajardo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (36 of 66) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.159 g, a medium-high 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 21.2%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (49). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 34.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bajardo declared an average taxable income of 14,471 euros, below the provincial average (21,487 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bajardo is in climate zone F, with 3,338 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 900 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 2.4% of the land in Bajardo, compared with 6.4% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bajardo is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Liguria in 2026. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Bajardo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bajardo: 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 Bajardo 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 6 inhabited census areas in Bajardo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 008007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.