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Bardineto: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Savona, Liguria. 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 Mazzini 1, Bardineto.

Bardineto, upper Val Bormida, one pass from the Riviera

At around 700 metres in the upper Val Bormida, surrounded by woodland, Bardineto is the first mountain village you reach when driving up from the western Ligurian Riviera over the Giogo di Toirano pass. The sea is close in terms of time, but the climate is different: climate zone F, the coldest category, with long winters and snow that is far from rare. In summer the village fills with people coming up from the coast, and some houses are lived in only during those months.

The number of residents has risen: Istat, the national statistics office, counted 752 in 2023, up 7.9% on 2011. The population is still old, though: an average age of 52.0 against 49.7 in the province, and over-65s at 34.0% against 30.0%. Households are small, 1.81 members on average, and average declared income is below the provincial figure.

If you are buying a home to live in all year, you need to reckon with the mountains: heating for many months, roads to drive in snow, essential services in the village and the rest on the coast or in the larger towns of the valley. For a holiday home, check insulation, systems that have stood unused for long periods and the condition of the roof.

Bardineto is in seismic zone 3, like 45 other municipalities in the province of Savona, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.092 g. In stone houses, it helps to know whether the roof and floors have been rebuilt, and how.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality: the report links each address to its land parcel and checks the slopes and watercourses around the plot on the official maps.

Key points

  • Upper Val Bormida at about 700 metres, over the Giogo di Toirano.
  • Population up 7.9% since 2011.
  • Average age 52.0, against 49.7 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.092 g.

Overview

Bardineto is a municipality in the province of Savona, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 752 residents, ranked 47 of 69 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bardineto is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (46 of 69) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.092 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 7.9%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (50). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 4.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bardineto declared an average taxable income of 19,032 euros, below the provincial average (24,469 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bardineto is in climate zone F, with 3,072 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 711 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bardineto has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

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 2.6% of the land in Bardineto, compared with 6.7% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bardineto 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 medium. 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 Bardineto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bardineto: 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 Bardineto 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 14 inhabited census areas in Bardineto. 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 009009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.