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Cesano Boscone: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Milano, 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 Roma 2, Cesano Boscone.

Cesano Boscone, on the western edge of Milan

Drive out of Milan towards the south-west and you reach Cesano Boscone without noticing a boundary. The town backs straight onto the western outskirts of the city and onto Corsico, on flat land, and it is small and almost entirely built up. More than half its area is covered by buildings and roads, so green space is limited to a few parks. It is mainly residential, having grown largely through blocks of flats built in the second half of the twentieth century, and many residents work in Milan. The town is also home to the Istituto Sacra Famiglia, a large care institution for people with disabilities.

Commuters have a station on the Milan to Mortara railway. In the open timetable data the municipality has 51 public transport stops, served by 3 rail lines and 7 bus routes, and the report measures the distance from the address to the nearest one. By car, Milan's western ring road is close by.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 23,350 residents in 2023, almost the same as the 23,398 of 2011 (down 0.2%). People here are older than in the province as a whole, with an average age of 46.8 against 45.6 and over-65s at 25.9% against 23.0%. Foreign residents make up 12.9%. Declared incomes sit below the metropolitan average, which Milan itself pulls upwards.

Earthquake hazard is low. Cesano Boscone is in seismic zone 4, the lowest category used by the Civil Protection Department, like 72 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.046 g. In flats from the 1960s and 1970s other questions matter more: the state of façades and roofs, heating and wiring, the energy rating, service charges and any works the owners' meeting has already approved.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report goes from the address to the building's land parcel and measures services from that point.

Key points

  • Joined to Milan's western outskirts, almost fully built up.
  • 51 stops and 3 rail lines in open timetable data.
  • 23,350 residents, roughly stable since 2011; over-65s at 25.9%.
  • Seismic zone 4: in flats, wiring and façades matter more.

Overview

Cesano Boscone is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 23,350 residents, ranked 24 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cesano Boscone is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.046 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 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cesano Boscone declared an average taxable income of 25,937 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cesano Boscone is in climate zone E, with 2,404 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 119 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cesano Boscone has 12 schools and 7 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 14 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 0.6 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 51 public transport stops, served by 7 bus lines, 3 train lines. That is about 2.2 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 56.2% of the land in Cesano Boscone, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cesano Boscone 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Cesano Boscone, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cesano Boscone: 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 Cesano Boscone 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 65 inhabited census areas in Cesano Boscone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 80 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.1%
  • good 47.2%
  • very good 52.7%

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 015074. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.