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Bore: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Bore, mountain hamlets in the Parma Apennines

Bore is a mountain municipality in the western Apennines of the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna, with a number of hamlets spread across the slopes. The town hall stands above 800 metres, surrounded by meadows, woods and ridge roads. Parma and the plain are where people go for work, the hospital and secondary schools, by car down the valleys.

The population is very old and shrinking. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 632 residents, 167 fewer than in 2011, a drop of 20.9%. The average age is 59.1 against 45.8 in the province of Parma, over-65s make up 48.1% and households have 1.56 people on average. Average declared income is well below the provincial level.

Buyers here are usually after a mountain house for the summer or for a quieter life. In the hamlets, stone houses are often built wall to wall, with haylofts and stables attached that can be converted. Before signing, check the access road and snow clearing, the water supply, the roof and how the house can be heated, since the climate zone is F.

Bore is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 36 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.152 g. With a rural building to restore, the renovation project is the right moment to improve its seismic behaviour too.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, which help when a hamlet has awkward boundaries and rights of way. On the slopes, the report reads elevation, gradient and the official landslide hazard maps for the address.

Key points

  • Mountain municipality with scattered hamlets, Parma Apennines.
  • 632 residents, down 20.9% since 2011.
  • Average age 59.1, over-65s at 48.1%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.152 g.

Overview

Bore is a municipality in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 632 residents, among the smallest in the province (43 of 44).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bore is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (37 of 44) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.152 g, a medium-high 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 20.9%. The estimated average age is 59 years, higher than the province average (46). 48% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 8.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bore declared an average taxable income of 19,804 euros, below the provincial average (28,491 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bore is in climate zone F, with 3,522 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 832 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bore has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 3.4% of the land in Bore, compared with 7.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bore is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna 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 Bore.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bore: 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 Bore 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 29 inhabited census areas in Bore. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 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 034005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.