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Buguggiate: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Varese, 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 Xxv Aprile 1, Buguggiate.

Buguggiate, on the edge of Varese towards the lake

Buguggiate is a residential municipality just south of Varese, on the slopes running down towards Lake Varese. Many residents work in Varese or the surrounding towns, and the place feels like a district of houses with gardens, a few minutes' drive from the city.

The housing is mostly detached houses, small blocks of flats and a few old courtyard buildings in the original village. Land take is high for a municipality of this size, a sign that much of the area is already built up. For buyers, orientation, the slope of the plot and the distance to services matter, and the report measures them from the exact address.

The population has barely changed since 2011: 3,118 residents in 2023, a change of +0.1%. The average age is 48.4, above the provincial 46.5, and over-65s make up 28.2%. Foreign residents are 3.7%, a low figure for the Varese area. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

Earthquake risk is low: all 136 municipalities in the province of Varese are in seismic zone 4, the lowest, and the expected ground acceleration here is 0.038 g. In houses from the 1960s and 1970s, look instead at insulation, windows and energy rating, since this is climate zone E with cold, damp winters.

Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are available, and the report goes from the address to the plot and checks the official landslide and flood maps as well.

Key points

  • Residential municipality just south of Varese
  • 3,118 residents, change since 2011 of +0.1%
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole province
  • Detached houses and small blocks: insulation and energy rating count

Overview

Buguggiate is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,118 residents, ranked 73 of 136 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Buguggiate is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 136 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Buguggiate declared an average taxable income of 30,160 euros, above the provincial average (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Buguggiate is in climate zone E, with 2,567 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 306 metres above sea level.

Services

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

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 29.8% of the land in Buguggiate, compared with 21.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Buguggiate 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 Buguggiate.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Buguggiate: 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 Buguggiate 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 13 inhabited census areas in Buguggiate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.4%
  • good 99.6%

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 012025. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.