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Boltiere: 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 Gaetano Donizetti 1, Boltiere.

Boltiere, Bergamo's southern plain near Dalmine and Zingonia

Boltiere belongs to the string of towns on the plain south of Bergamo, between Dalmine and Zingonia, where houses, industrial units and roads follow one another almost without a break. Zingonia itself, a new town planned in the 1960s, is split across five municipalities and Boltiere is one of them. Bergamo is about fifteen kilometres away, Milan about fifty.

The town has grown: at the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 6,253 residents, up 7.6% on 2011. It is young too, with an average age of 42.7 against 45.2 for the province and 17.5% of residents over 65. Foreign residents make up 12.3%. Incomes are close to the Bergamo average.

Housing is mostly villas, terraced houses and small blocks of flats built in recent decades, alongside the old village core. There is no railway station in the municipality, so people use those in neighbouring towns, while the Dalmine junction of the A4 motorway is a few kilometres away. The share of land already built on is high even by Lombard standards, and there is little public green space.

Every one of the 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection scale, where 1 is the highest hazard. In Boltiere expected ground acceleration is about 0.103 g. For a recent building, ask for the occupancy certificate and the structural test report; for homes from the 1970s and 1980s, insulation, windows and the boiler often weigh more than earthquake risk.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report finds the land parcel from the address and checks the official flood maps for the irrigation channels of the plain, as well as real distances to schools, pharmacies and shops.

Key points

  • Between Dalmine and Zingonia, about fifteen kilometres from Bergamo.
  • Population up 7.6% since 2011, average age 42.7.
  • All 243 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 3.
  • Much of the land built on, housing mostly recent.

Overview

Boltiere is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,253 residents, ranked 51 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Boltiere 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 0.103 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 7.6%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Boltiere declared an average taxable income of 26,320 euros, in line with the province (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Boltiere is in climate zone E, with 2,428 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 171 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Boltiere has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 3 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 33.0% of the land in Boltiere, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Boltiere 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Boltiere, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Boltiere: 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 Boltiere 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 36 inhabited census areas in Boltiere. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 4.6%
  • good 95.4%

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 016029. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.