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Chieve: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Cremona, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Chieve, a young village in the countryside around Crema

Chieve is a small municipality in the Cremasco, the plain around Crema in the northern part of the province of Cremona. Crema is very close and provides jobs, schools, the hospital and the station, while Lodi and the Milan area are within commuting distance by car. The land is farmed, with fields, farmsteads and irrigation ditches.

The village combines an old core of courtyard houses with newer residential areas of detached houses and small blocks, which grew as families working in nearby towns moved in. The data show no public transport stops listed in the municipality, and people mostly get around by car. The land is flat and crossed by irrigation channels, so the report checks the official flood maps for the address.

The figures describe a village of families. Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 2,280 residents in 2023, up 1.8% since 2011, with an average age of 44.1, lower than the 46.8 of the province. Households have 2.38 members on average and foreign residents make up 6.3%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.

All 113 municipalities in the province of Cremona are in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department scale, and the expected ground acceleration in Chieve is 0.080 g. In recently built houses the main points are build quality and energy rating, as this is climate zone E with cold, foggy winters.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report reaches the plot from the address.

Key points

  • Crema plain, right next to Crema.
  • Residents up 1.8% since 2011.
  • Average age 44.1, below the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.080 g.

Overview

Chieve is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,280 residents, ranked 35 of 113 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chieve is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 113 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.080 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 1.8%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chieve declared an average taxable income of 25,693 euros, in line with the province (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Chieve is in climate zone E, with 2,557 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 77 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Chieve has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

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 Chieve.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 13.4% of the land in Chieve, compared with 10.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Chieve 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 Chieve.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Chieve: 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 Chieve 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 14 inhabited census areas in Chieve. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 019029. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.