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Blello: 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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Blello, a hillside village in the Valle Imagna

Driving up to Blello you leave behind the busier part of the Valle Imagna, a pre-Alpine valley in the province of Bergamo, and reach a hillside village with its town hall above eight hundred metres. Meadows, woods and small clusters of houses surround it, with views over the valley below.

It suits someone looking for quiet or a weekend place better than a daily commuter. Work, secondary schools, the hospital and the shops are all down the valley by car, on narrow, winding mountain roads. Climate zone F, the coldest band in Italy's heating classification, means long winters, so check insulation, windows and the boiler before buying, and damp in the walls of stone houses.

Figures from Istat, the national statistics office, show 74 residents in 2023, down 2.6% since 2011. The population is older than across the Bergamo area: an estimated average age of 48.3 against 45.2, and over-65s at 36.5% against 22.5% in the province. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Blello is in seismic zone 3, as are all 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo, and expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.072 g. With an older house it is worth asking whether the floors have been rebuilt and the walls tied together.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel. On pre-Alpine slopes, landslides and surface run-off vary from one plot to the next and are checked for the individual house on the official maps.

Key points

  • Hillside village in the Valle Imagna, above 800 metres.
  • 74 residents in 2023, down 2.6% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 36.5%, against 22.5% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.072 g.

Overview

Blello is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 74 residents, among the smallest in the province (243 of 243).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Blello 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 0.072 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 fallen by 2.6%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Blello declared an average taxable income of 18,076 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Blello is in climate zone F, with 3,227 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 815 metres above sea level.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.4% of the land in Blello, 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

Blello 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 Blello.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Blello: 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 Blello 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 5 inhabited census areas in Blello. 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 016027. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.