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Brusaporto: what to know before buying a home

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

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Sicilia 1, Brusaporto.

Brusaporto, at the foot of the hills east of Bergamo

Brusaporto lies in the strip where the plain east of Bergamo meets the first hills, between Seriate, Bagnatica and Albano Sant'Alessandro. The historic centre is small, and over recent decades residential estates and industrial and retail areas have been added around it, so a good part of the municipality is now built on. Outside the province the name is best known for Da Vittorio, the Cerea family's restaurant, which moved here from Bergamo.

Location is its strength. Bergamo is close, the A4 motorway to Milan and Brescia can be joined at Seriate, and Orio al Serio airport is a short drive away. The public transport data, however, show no stops in the municipality, and without a car you will not get far. If you are buying near busy roads or under the flight paths, find out about noise, ideally by visiting the house at different times of day.

It is a young, growing municipality. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,641 residents, up 4.6% on 2011. The estimated average age is 43.4 against 45.2 for the province, over-65s are just 18.5%, and households average 2.48 people. Foreign nationals make up 4.2%, and declared incomes are above the Bergamo average.

On earthquakes the picture is uniform: every municipality in the province of Bergamo is in zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department's classification, and in Brusaporto the expected acceleration is about 0.125 g. For houses built on the hillside, also check retaining walls and drainage, which work harder in heavy rain than people expect.

Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are published. In a place where houses, warehouses and shops sit close together, the report shows from the exact address what surrounds the plot.

Key points

  • Between Seriate and Bagnatica, where the plain meets the hills.
  • Close to the A4 and Orio airport, but no stops in the municipality.
  • Young population: over-65s at 18.5%, average age 43.4.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.125 g.

Overview

Brusaporto is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,641 residents, ranked 63 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Brusaporto is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 243 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.125 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 4.6%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Brusaporto declared an average taxable income of 29,338 euros, above the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Brusaporto is in climate zone E, with 2,542 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 255 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Brusaporto has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 31.2% of the land in Brusaporto, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Brusaporto 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 Brusaporto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Brusaporto: 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 Brusaporto 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 19 inhabited census areas in Brusaporto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 7.1%
  • good 92.9%

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 016042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.