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Bianzano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Bergamo, 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 Provinciale 2, Bianzano.

Bianzano, in Val Cavallina above Lake Endine

The medieval castle still dominates the village, and from Bianzano's houses, at around six hundred metres, the view drops to Lake Endine and Val Cavallina. It is a hillside municipality with a small historic centre, houses scattered among meadows and woods, and roads climbing from the valley floor, where the links between Bergamo and Lake Iseo run.

For those working in Bergamo or lower down the valley, the village is a choice of peace and quiet, paid for with car journeys for almost every service. The report works out real distances to the pharmacy, schools and shops from the address, as well as the elevation and slope of the plot, and checks the official landslide and flood maps.

There were 617 residents in 2023, up 2.0% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics institute. The population is older than in the province of Bergamo as a whole: an average age of 49.6 against 45.2, over-65s at 28.7% against 22.5%. Households are small, 1.94 people on average, and average declared income is below the provincial level.

In the province of Bergamo the earthquake picture is the same everywhere: all 243 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification. In Bianzano the expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.112 g. For stone houses in the old core, ask whether they have been strengthened and under which permits.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Bianzano too, so the report traces the address to its land parcel and building. The climate is zone E, with cold winters.

Key points

  • Hillside village above Lake Endine, with a medieval castle.
  • 617 residents, up 2.0% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 28.7%, against 22.5% in the province.
  • All 243 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 3.

Overview

Bianzano is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 617 residents, ranked 208 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bianzano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 243 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.112 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 2.0%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bianzano declared an average taxable income of 22,780 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bianzano is in climate zone E, with 2,922 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 600 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Bianzano.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 4.9% of the land in Bianzano, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bianzano is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. 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 Bianzano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bianzano: 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 Bianzano 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 10 inhabited census areas in Bianzano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 016026. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.