Bressana Bottarone: 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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Bressana Bottarone, the railway between Pavia and Oltrepò
Bressana Bottarone is a lowland town in Oltrepò Pavese, between the river Po and the first hills, with two main settlements that give the municipality its double name. Above all it is a railway junction: the station is on the line between Pavia and Voghera, and Milan and Genoa can both be reached without a string of changes. For many residents that is the reason to live here and work elsewhere.
The land is flat, with fields and farmsteads, and quite a lot of it is built up for a municipality of this size. Buyers will find detached houses, blocks of flats from the 1960s and 1970s near the station, and older farmhouses built around a courtyard. The report works out from the address the real distance to the station and to the 2 public transport stops on record.
In 2023 there were 3,434 residents, down 2.9% since 2011 (Istat, the national statistics office). The average age is 47.1, the same as the province (47.1), and over-65s make up 25.0%. Foreign nationals are 9.8%. Incomes are close to the Pavia average, slightly below it.
The province of Pavia has municipalities in seismic zones 3 and 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale: Bressana Bottarone is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.082 g, a low value. In the older blocks, the roof, the wiring and plumbing and the insulation are the main things to check.
Being close to the Po and to the drainage channels of the plain makes a flood check on the address worthwhile, especially for isolated houses in the countryside. The Revenue Agency publishes the municipality's cadastral maps.
Key points
- Station on the Pavia-Voghera line, towards Milan and Genoa.
- 3,434 residents in 2023, down 2.9% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.082 g.
- Flat land near the Po: check flood maps for the address.
Overview
Bressana Bottarone is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,434 residents, ranked 36 of 184 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bressana Bottarone 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 0.082 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 2.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bressana Bottarone declared an average taxable income of 25,307 euros, in line with the province (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Bressana Bottarone 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 69 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bressana Bottarone has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Public transport
Within the municipality there are 2 public transport stops, served by 2 train lines, 1 bus line. That is about 0.6 stops per 1,000 residents.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 17.8% of the land in Bressana Bottarone, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 10.7 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Bressana Bottarone 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Bressana Bottarone, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bressana Bottarone: 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 Bressana Bottarone 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 37 inhabited census areas in Bressana Bottarone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 22.0%
- good 78.0%
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 018023. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.