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Colli Verdi: 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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For example: Localita' Mombelli 1, Colli Verdi.

Colli Verdi, three villages joined in the Oltrepò hills

Colli Verdi is a young municipality, formed in 2019 by merging Canevino, Ruino and Valverde in the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese, south of the Po in the province of Pavia. The land is ridges, vineyards, woods and small scattered hamlets, away from the plain and the busy roads.

Buyers here usually want a country house, a rustic building to restore or a weekend home. A car is needed for everything, as shops, schools and the hospital are in the bigger towns of the area. Average declared income is well below that of the province of Pavia, and prices for hill houses need to be judged property by property, since condition varies enormously.

The population is old: an average age of 55.1 against 47.1 in the province, with over-65s at 39.0% against 25.2%. In 2023 there were 1,015 residents, according to Istat, the national statistics office, down 12.2% on 2011, in households of 1.78 people on average. Foreign residents account for 6.8%.

Colli Verdi is in seismic zone 3, like 157 of 184 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.097 g. In a rustic house to restore, besides the walls, have the ground the house stands on checked.

On these hills slope stability needs checking house by house: the report, which finds the land parcel through the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, checks slope and the official landslide maps for the address.

Key points

  • Municipality formed in 2019 from Canevino, Ruino and Valverde.
  • Average age 55.1, over-65s at 39.0%.
  • Population down 12.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, landslides to check for the address.

Overview

Colli Verdi is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,015 residents, ranked 99 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Colli Verdi 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 0.097 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 12.2%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (47). 39% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Colli Verdi declared an average taxable income of 21,028 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Colli Verdi is in climate zone F, with 3,100 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 526 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Colli Verdi has 3 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.5% of the land in Colli Verdi, 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

Colli Verdi 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 Colli Verdi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Colli Verdi: 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 Colli Verdi 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 53 inhabited census areas in Colli Verdi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 018193. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.