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Calcinate: 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 Giovanni Falcone 1, Calcinate.

Calcinate, a young and growing town south-east of Bergamo

On the plain south-east of Bergamo, about fifteen kilometres from the city, Calcinate is a town that has grown strongly in recent years. Fields alternate with industrial units, businesses and new housing estates around a compact historic centre. The A4 motorway runs just to the north, with the Seriate and Grumello junctions close by; there is no railway station, so people mostly get around by car.

The figures describe a young town. At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 6,207 residents, up 7.4% on 2011. The average age is 41.6 against 45.2 for the province of Bergamo, 17.3% are over 65 and households average 2.68 people. Foreign residents make up 17.0%, a high share linked to work in local firms. Average declared incomes are above the provincial level.

For buyers, the choice is mainly villas and flats in recent low-rise blocks, alongside older houses in the village core and the odd farmstead. Schools are well represented: Overture Maps lists 8, or 1.29 per 1,000 residents against 0.87 in the province.

All 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo are in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection scale, where 1 is the highest hazard. In Calcinate expected ground acceleration is about 0.130 g. For new buildings, ask for the structural test certificate and the occupancy certificate; in those from the 1960s and 1970s, look mainly at insulation and building services.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps: the report finds the land parcel from the address and checks the official flood maps there, which relate to the streams and irrigation channels of the plain.

Key points

  • Plain south-east of Bergamo, close to the Seriate and Grumello A4 junctions.
  • Population up 7.4% since 2011, average age 41.6.
  • Foreign residents at 17.0%, households of 2.68 people.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.130 g.

Overview

Calcinate is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,207 residents, ranked 53 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Calcinate 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 0.130 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 7.4%. The estimated average age is 42 years, lower than the province average (45). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 17.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Calcinate declared an average taxable income of 29,922 euros, above the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Calcinate is in climate zone E, with 2,383 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 186 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Calcinate has 8 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.3 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.9).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 23.2% of the land in Calcinate, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 10.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Calcinate 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 Calcinate.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Calcinate: 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 Calcinate 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 34 inhabited census areas in Calcinate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 12.4%
  • good 87.6%

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 016043. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.