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Borgarello: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Borgarello, just outside Pavia towards the Certosa

Borgarello is almost part of the city: a small municipality just north of Pavia, on the plain towards Milan, a few kilometres from the Certosa di Pavia monastery. The village has grown in recent decades with areas of detached houses and small blocks around an old farming core, and irrigated countryside still separates one built-up area from the next.

Buyers here usually want a house with a garden close to Pavia, for work in the city, at the university or in the hospitals, or a base from which to reach Milan. People travel by car or from nearby stations. The market is mainly recent houses in good condition.

Figures from Istat, Italy's national statistics office, describe a young and well-off community: 2,710 residents (2023), up 1.9% since 2011, an average age of 44.4 against 47.1 in the province, and 17.9% over 65. Foreign nationals make up 6.1%. Declared incomes are well above the average for the province of Pavia.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.061 g, a low value. For newer houses the year of design matters; for those from the 1960s and 1970s, the state of the structure and services.

Irrigation channels run through the countryside. The report checks the official flood maps for the address and measures real distances to services, which are often closer in Pavia than in the village.

Key points

  • Just north of Pavia, a few kilometres from the Certosa
  • 2,710 residents, up 1.9% since 2011
  • 17.9% over 65, incomes well above the provincial average
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.061 g

Overview

Borgarello is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,710 residents, ranked 44 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Borgarello is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (157 of 184) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.061 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 1.9%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Borgarello declared an average taxable income of 31,906 euros, above the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Borgarello is in climate zone E, with 2,619 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 88 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Borgarello has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 green area.

There are 1.5 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 14.2% of the land in Borgarello, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Borgarello 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 no contaminated sites in Borgarello.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Borgarello: 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 Borgarello 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 11 inhabited census areas in Borgarello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.5%
  • good 98.5%

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 018015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.