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Cecima: 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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Cecima, a hill village above the Staffora valley

In Cecima, in the Oltrepò Pavese, the number of residents has gone up. In 2023 it had 249 residents, 16 more than the 233 of 2011, a rise of 6.9% according to Istat, the national statistics office. With numbers this small a few families are enough to move the percentage, but the direction is upwards. The estimated average age is still high, 52.2 against 47.1 in the province of Pavia, and over-65s make up 34.5%. Foreign residents account for 8.4%.

The municipality lies on the hills along the valley of the Staffora, a stream that runs from the Apennines down to the plain around Voghera. Fields, meadows and woods alternate, with the village at around three hundred metres and hamlets spread over the slopes. Work and services mean the valley floor and Voghera; Milan is within driving range but hard going as a daily commute.

Homes for sale are mostly rural houses and village properties, some done up by people who chose the hills as a main home or a weekend place. On the Oltrepò slopes the ground deserves a careful look before you make an offer: the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, together with the gradient of the plot.

For earthquakes, Cecima is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.096 g. In a masonry building, ask when it was built and whether the roof and floors have been redone. Cadastral maps are the ones published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).

Key points

  • Hill village in the Oltrepò Pavese, above the Staffora valley.
  • 249 residents, up 6.9% since 2011.
  • Average age 52.2, against 47.1 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.096 g.

Overview

Cecima is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 249 residents, among the smallest in the province (171 of 184).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cecima 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 0.096 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 6.9%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (47). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cecima declared an average taxable income of 24,558 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cecima is in climate zone E, with 2,937 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 331 metres above sea level.

Services

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 Cecima.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.9% of the land in Cecima, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cecima is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Cecima.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cecima: 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 Cecima 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 10 inhabited census areas in Cecima. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 16.0%
  • fair 84.0%

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 018042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.