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Cenate Sopra: 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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Cenate Sopra, hills east of Bergamo below Monte Misma

Cenate Sopra sits in the hills east of Bergamo, at the foot of Monte Misma, in the strip between the lower Val Seriana and the mouth of the Val Cavallina. It is a hill village with woods, meadows and vineyards on the slopes, and a built-up area that has grown downhill, where roads lead towards Trescore Balneario and the plain. Bergamo is about half an hour by car, depending on traffic on the local roads.

The municipality attracts families: homes are mostly detached and semi-detached houses and small recent blocks of flats, with a few old hamlets and converted farmsteads. Declared incomes are above the provincial average. Buying in the hills means sloping roads and, for daily trips, relying on the car.

Figures from Istat, the national statistics office, describe a young, stable community: 2,527 residents in 2023, up 0.9% since 2011, an average age of 44.1 against 45.2 in the province of Bergamo, and 18.8% over 65, among the lowest in the area. Foreign residents make up 4.2%.

Eastern Bergamo province has moderate seismic activity: Cenate Sopra is in zone 3, like 242 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.122 g. For a house built before the 2000s, ask for documents on the structural design.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published. On the slopes of the Misma the report reads gradient and official landslide maps for the address, and along the streams the flood maps.

Key points

  • Hills east of Bergamo, at the foot of Monte Misma
  • A young community: 18.8% over 65
  • 2,527 residents, up 0.9% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.122 g

Overview

Cenate Sopra is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,527 residents, ranked 135 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cenate Sopra 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 0.122 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 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 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cenate Sopra declared an average taxable income of 28,736 euros, above the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cenate Sopra is in climate zone E, with 2,686 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 330 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cenate Sopra has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.4% of the land in Cenate Sopra, 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

Cenate Sopra 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 Cenate Sopra.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cenate Sopra: 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 Cenate Sopra 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 21 inhabited census areas in Cenate Sopra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 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 016068. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.