Brallo di Pregola: 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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Brallo di Pregola, the Oltrepò Apennines around the pass
The Brallo pass gives the municipality its name and is its main landmark: this is the Apennine part of the Oltrepò Pavese, at around 950 metres, far from the plain and from the larger towns of the province of Pavia. The municipality is a set of hamlets scattered among woods and pastures, and in summer holidaymakers and second-home owners arrive.
The population figures are those of a mountain village that has lost many residents. In 2023 there were 476 residents, 30.9% fewer than the 689 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 61.5, against 47.1 in the province, and over-65s make up 51.3% of residents, against 25.2%. Foreign residents are 4.4%. Average declared incomes are below the provincial average.
People buy here mostly for holidays or for a very quiet life. In climate zone F winters are long and cold: heating, insulation and the roof are the first things to look at, along with the access road when it snows. For a house closed most of the year, work out who will keep an eye on it and what upkeep will cost. Bars and restaurants number 9, mostly tied to the summer season.
Brallo di Pregola is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 156 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.101 g. For stone houses, ask whether work has been done on the floors and roof.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel. On Apennine slopes landslide hazard has to be checked for the exact spot: the report reads it on the official maps for every address.
Key points
- Oltrepò Pavese Apennines, around the Brallo pass.
- Over-65s at 51.3%, average age 61.5.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.101 g.
- Second homes: heating, roof and roads in snow.
Overview
Brallo di Pregola is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 476 residents, ranked 151 of 184 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Brallo di Pregola 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 0.101 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 fallen by 30.9%. The estimated average age is 61 years, higher than the province average (47). 51% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Brallo di Pregola declared an average taxable income of 20,734 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Brallo di Pregola is in climate zone F, with 3,772 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 951 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Brallo di Pregola has 1 pharmacy.
The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
Public transport
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Brallo di Pregola.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 4.0% of the land in Brallo di Pregola, 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
Brallo di Pregola is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. 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 Brallo di Pregola.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Brallo di Pregola: 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 Brallo di Pregola 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 32 inhabited census areas in Brallo di Pregola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 018021. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.