Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Varese, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano, Lake Varese and the hills
The long name explains where it comes from: Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano was created by merging three small municipalities in the Varese area, and it still consists of three separate villages. Bardello looks onto the shore of Lake Varese, while Malgesso and Bregano sit on the hills to the west, towards Lake Maggiore. Varese is the town people rely on for work, secondary schools and hospital care.
For buyers, the choice of village matters most. Near the lake there are wet meadows, reed beds and low-lying ground; on the hills, houses and detached homes with gardens, often on quiet roads, and a few old courtyard buildings in the historic cores. It is a residential area with few local services: the data show 4 school sites and 1 supermarket, and for everything else you drive.
The population is stable: 3,661 residents in 2023, down 0.7% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office, with an average age of 46.3, practically the same as the 46.5 of the province of Varese. Over-65s make up 23.7% and foreign residents 6.0%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
All 136 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 4, the lowest class of the Civil Protection (the national emergency agency), and the expected acceleration here is about 0.039 g. Damp, insulation and the condition of the systems matter more than earthquakes, especially in houses built before the 1990s. For homes near the lake the report checks the official flood maps for the address, and on the hillsides the landslide maps.
Key points
- Three villages in one municipality, between Lake Varese and the hills.
- 3,661 residents, broadly stable since 2011.
- Seismic zone 4 like the whole province, acceleration about 0.039 g.
- Homes with gardens, main services in Varese.
Overview
Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,661 residents, ranked 65 of 136 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 136 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 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano declared an average taxable income of 25,077 euros, below the provincial average (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano is in climate zone E, with 2,543 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 303 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano has 4 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.
The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Public transport
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 16.7% of the land in Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano, compared with 21.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano 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 Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano: 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 Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano 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 31 inhabited census areas in Bardello con Malgesso e Bregano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.2%
- fair 37.8%
- good 62.1%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 012144. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.