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Bogliasco: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Genova, 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 Giuseppe Mazzini 1, Bogliasco.

Bogliasco, the seaside village just past Nervi

Beyond Nervi, the last district of Genoa heading east, the Via Aurelia coast road enters Bogliasco: a small former fishing village gathered around the mouth of a stream, with a pebble beach, an old bridge and colourful houses, and behind it steep hills covered with villas, olive groves and terraced gardens. The city is close at hand, and that explains the character of the place.

The station on the line between Genoa and La Spezia puts the city within reach by train, and many residents work in Genoa. Declared incomes are well above the provincial average, and homes are mainly flats in period buildings near the sea and villas on the hill. The limit is space: parking spaces and garages are rare and expensive, and higher up many houses can only be reached by narrow lanes or steps. The data lists 45 services.

The population is old. There are 4,342 residents, down 3.2% since 2011; the average age is 50.0, over-65s make up 31.2% against 29.1% for the province, and households are small, 1.96 people on average. Foreign residents account for 4.4%.

Liguria is calm on earthquakes: Bogliasco is in seismic zone 3, like 63 other municipalities in the Genoa metropolitan area, and the expected ground acceleration is low, about 0.076 g. Salt damage to façades and to the steel in reinforced concrete, the state of roofs and the dry-stone walls of the terraces matter more.

The real risks here are flash floods in the streams and landslides on the steep slopes, after the heavy rain typical of the Ligurian autumn. The report reads the official maps for the exact address and measures the slope. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published.

Key points

  • Seaside village just east of Nervi, with a station for Genoa.
  • High incomes, over-65s at 31.2%.
  • Seismic zone 3, low acceleration (0.076 g).
  • Streams and steep slopes: check flash floods and landslides.

Overview

Bogliasco is a municipality in the province of Genova, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 4,342 residents, ranked 17 of 67 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bogliasco is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 67) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.076 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 3.2%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bogliasco declared an average taxable income of 34,315 euros, above the provincial average (26,655 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bogliasco is in climate zone D, with 1,448 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 25 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bogliasco has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 4 healthcare facilities and 6 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 15.9% of the land in Bogliasco, compared with 8.0% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bogliasco 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 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 Bogliasco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bogliasco: 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 Bogliasco 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 27 inhabited census areas in Bogliasco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 5.0%
  • fair 81.5%
  • good 13.6%

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 010004. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.