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Cassiglio: 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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For example: Via Roma 1, Cassiglio.

Cassiglio, in the Val Stabina among the Val Brembana mountains

Cassiglio lies in the Val Stabina, the side valley that climbs from the Val Brembana towards Valtorta and the Orobie Alps. The village is at around six hundred metres, with houses grouped along the stream and on the lower slopes, thick woods all around and mountains close by. The floor of the Val Brembana, with the main services, is further down, and Bergamo is reached by driving the whole length of the valley.

Buying here means choosing a proper mountain village, with few amenities close at hand and a lot of nature. For anyone working on the plain the daily commute is long, so Cassiglio may suit a weekend house better, or people who work in the valley. Stone houses often have roofs that need redoing and damp walls on the uphill side, so a surveyor's visit before making an offer avoids surprises.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 104 residents, 18 fewer than the 122 of 2011, a fall of 14.8%. The estimated average age is 49.7, against 45.2 in the province of Bergamo, and over-65s make up 31.7%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

The whole province of Bergamo is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department's scale: there are 243 municipalities, and in Cassiglio the expected ground acceleration is about 0.057 g, a low value.

In a narrow valley with the stream close to the houses, it is worth looking at where the house stands in relation to the water and the slopes. The report checks landslides and flooding on the official maps at the address and finds the land parcel using the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Village in the Val Stabina, a side valley of the Val Brembana.
  • 104 residents in 2023, down 14.8% since 2011.
  • Average age 49.7 against 45.2 in the province.
  • All 243 municipalities around Bergamo in seismic zone 3.

Overview

Cassiglio is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 104 residents, among the smallest in the province (241 of 243).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cassiglio 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 0.057 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 14.8%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cassiglio declared an average taxable income of 18,027 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cassiglio is in climate zone E, with 2,924 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 602 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Cassiglio has 1 green area.

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 Cassiglio.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 0.7% of the land in Cassiglio, 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

Cassiglio is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Cassiglio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cassiglio: 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 Cassiglio 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 3 inhabited census areas in Cassiglio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 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

ISTAT code 016061. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.