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Bolzano Novarese: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Novara, Piemonte. 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 per Gozzano 1, Bolzano Novarese.

Bolzano Novarese, the hills above Lake Orta

From Bolzano Novarese, Lake Orta is very close: the village sits in the hills just south of the lake's southern shore, at around 400 metres, between Gozzano and Borgomanero. It is a small but fairly built-up municipality, with residential streets of houses, a few industrial buildings and a compact old centre, surrounded by woods and meadows.

Borgomanero is the town for services, schools and the hospital, and from there the motorway runs towards Milan and Lake Maggiore. For people working locally or in Lombardy the location is convenient, and the nearby lake brings interest in weekend homes too. Homes are mostly detached houses and villas with gardens.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,140 residents in 2023, 3.1% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 48.9, against 46.7 in the province, and 28.1% of residents are over 65, compared with 24.9%. Foreign residents make up 4.2%. Declared incomes are slightly below the average for the province of Novara.

Seismic hazard is low: all 87 municipalities in the province of Novara are in zone 4, the lowest class on the Civil Protection Department scale, and expected ground acceleration here is 0.041 g. For a 1970s or 1980s house, the roof, windows and boiler matter more, as this is climate zone E.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. On these hills, gradient and small streams vary from one area to another and are checked on the official maps.

Key points

  • Hills just south of Lake Orta, between Gozzano and Borgomanero.
  • All 87 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 4.
  • Over-65s at 28.1%, against 24.9% in the province.
  • Houses with gardens and weekend homes.

Overview

Bolzano Novarese is a municipality in the province of Novara, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,140 residents, ranked 59 of 87 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bolzano Novarese is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 87 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.041 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 3.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bolzano Novarese declared an average taxable income of 26,194 euros, in line with the province (26,949 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bolzano Novarese is in climate zone E, with 2,821 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 420 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bolzano Novarese has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

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 13.2% of the land in Bolzano Novarese, compared with 11.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bolzano Novarese is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte 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 Bolzano Novarese.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bolzano Novarese: 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 Bolzano Novarese 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 14 inhabited census areas in Bolzano Novarese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 59.8%
  • good 40.2%

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 003022. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.