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Belgioioso: 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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Belgioioso, a castle town on the plain east of Pavia

Belgioioso is a sizeable town on the Pavia plain, some fifteen kilometres east of Pavia, with the river Po flowing a few kilometres to the south. The centre is dominated by the castle, linked for centuries to the Barbiano di Belgioioso family, which now hosts exhibitions, fairs and events that draw visitors from Pavia and Milan. Around the town lies the flat farmland of the Bassa, with farmsteads, fields and poplar plantations.

The town has a station on the Pavia-Cremona railway, and public transport timetables show 2 lines serving it between train and bus. Pavia is a few minutes away, and from there Milan is about half an hour by train. Housing ranges from courtyard houses and palazzi in the centre to detached houses and newer blocks on the edge of town.

There were 6,400 residents at the end of 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 1.8% since 2011. The average age is 46.1, slightly below the province, and foreign residents make up 17.8%, a high share. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Pavia.

Earthquake hazard is low: Belgioioso is in zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.082 g. In older houses on the plain, damp walls, the state of the roof and energy performance matter more, with the foggy, cold winters of climate zone E.

With the Po to the south and a dense network of irrigation ditches and canals, flood hazard varies a lot from one area to another, so the report checks the flood maps for each address and traces the land parcel on the published cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Castle of the Barbiano di Belgioioso family, east of Pavia.
  • Station on the Pavia-Cremona line, 2 public transport lines.
  • Foreign residents at 17.8%, population up 1.8%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.082 g.

Overview

Belgioioso is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,400 residents, among the most populous in the province (16 of 184).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Belgioioso 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 0.082 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 1.8%. 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 17.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Belgioioso declared an average taxable income of 24,114 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Belgioioso is in climate zone E, with 2,628 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 75 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Belgioioso has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.4 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops, served by 1 bus line, 1 train line. That is about 0.2 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 10.5% of the land in Belgioioso, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 2.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Belgioioso 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 contaminated sites in Belgioioso.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Belgioioso: 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 Belgioioso 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 34 inhabited census areas in Belgioioso. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 77 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 9.3%
  • good 66.9%
  • very good 23.8%

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 018013. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.