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Bornasco: 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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Bornasco, Pavia farmland between Pavia and Milan

Bornasco is one of the lowland municipalities north of Pavia, in the band of irrigated countryside between the provincial capital and the Milan metropolitan area. The landscape is fields, irrigation ditches and farmsteads, with the village and a few hamlets that have grown in recent decades with detached houses and small housing developments.

What stands out is age. Bornasco is one of the youngest municipalities in the area: an average age of 42.6 against 47.1 in the province of Pavia, with over-65s at 16.8% against 25.2%. It points to families who moved here for a bigger home than they could find in the city. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,672 residents (2023), up 3.2% since 2011, and foreign residents make up 4.8%.

For buyers the main question is getting around. The data show no public transport stops inside the municipality, so Pavia and Milan are reached by car, or by driving to a station in a nearby town. The market is mostly detached or terraced houses, often recent, and farmsteads to restore for those who want space.

Earthquake risk is low. Bornasco is in seismic zone 3, like 156 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.062 g. On the plain, damp and insulation matter more.

With ditches and canals everywhere, the report checks the official flood maps at the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Irrigated plain between Pavia and the Milan area
  • Average age 42.6, against 47.1 in the province
  • 2,672 residents, up 3.2% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.062 g

Overview

Bornasco is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,672 residents, ranked 45 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bornasco 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 0.062 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 3.2%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (47). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bornasco declared an average taxable income of 26,289 euros, in line with the province (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bornasco is in climate zone E, with 2,628 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 85 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bornasco has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.8% of the land in Bornasco, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bornasco 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 Bornasco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bornasco: 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 Bornasco 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 15 inhabited census areas in Bornasco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 36.8%
  • fair 63.2%

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 018019. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.