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Baranzate: what to know before buying a home

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

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Gorizia 1, Baranzate.

Baranzate, Milan's most multicultural neighbour

Baranzate has been an independent municipality since 2004, when it split from Bollate. It lies just beyond Milan's north-western boundary, on a small and almost entirely built-up patch of land, hemmed in by major roads, industrial buildings and social housing estates. Buildings and tarmac cover well over half of the municipal area.

It is above all a place to live and work right on the city's doorstep. In the official timetables the municipality has 13 stops served by 2 bus lines, while for trains and the metro people use stations in neighbouring towns. Housing is largely blocks of flats from the 1960s and 1970s, priced well below Milan; buyers should look closely at the state of the building and at the service charges. One building worth knowing is the glass church of Nostra Signora della Misericordia, a much-studied work of Milan's post-war modern architecture.

Baranzate has one of the highest shares of foreign residents in Italy, 36.3% of the population, from dozens of countries. Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 11,803 residents in 2023, up 9.5% on 2011. The estimated average age is 43.3, lower than the Milan metropolitan area, and over-65s are 19.6%. Declared incomes are well below the Milan average.

Earthquake hazard is at the bottom of the scale: Baranzate is in seismic zone 4, like 72 other municipalities in the Milan area, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.046 g. For a flat here, energy efficiency, heating and plumbing and the condition of shared areas weigh far more.

Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are available. For the address, the report also checks the official flood maps and measures the distance from the house to shops, schools and bus stops.

Key points

  • Independent since 2004, small and almost entirely built up.
  • Foreign residents 36.3%, population up since 2011.
  • 13 stops and 2 bus lines in the official timetables.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.046 g.

Overview

Baranzate is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 11,803 residents, ranked 55 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Baranzate is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) 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 grown by 9.5%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 36.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Baranzate declared an average taxable income of 21,361 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Baranzate has 4 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 healthcare facilities and 6 sports facilities.

There are 0.3 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 13 public transport stops, served by 2 bus lines. That is about 1.1 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 63.6% of the land in Baranzate, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Baranzate 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 4 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Baranzate, and 9 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Baranzate: 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 Baranzate 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 Baranzate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 6.3%
  • good 83.0%
  • very good 10.7%

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 015250. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.