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Confienza: 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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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 1, Confienza.

Confienza, rice fields and farmsteads of the Lomellina

Confienza has the landscape of the Lomellina: rice paddies that flood in spring and turn into mirrors, irrigation ditches and canals, courtyard farmsteads standing alone in the fields. The municipality lies in the western part of the province of Pavia, close to the border with Piedmont, and the nearest reference towns are Mortara, Vigevano, Novara and Vercelli, all reached by car.

The property market is small. There are houses in the village centre, family homes and farmsteads, sometimes large and with farm buildings attached. With a farmstead, check the permitted use of the outbuildings, the utility connections and the roofs, often clay tiles on timber beams. A high water table and the network of canals make it worth looking at the official flood maps for the address, which the report does automatically.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,560 residents in 2023, 6.6% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 48.6 against 47.1 for the province, with over-65s at 27.8%. Foreign residents make up 6.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The earthquake picture is calm. In the province of Pavia 27 municipalities are in zone 4, Confienza among them, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.037 g; the other 157 are in zone 3. In the countryside it matters more to check for damp in the walls, insulation and the heating and electrics.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report uses them to link the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Lomellina rice fields, near the border with Piedmont.
  • Population down 6.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.037 g.
  • Farmsteads: check outbuilding use and roofs.

Overview

Confienza is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,560 residents, ranked 73 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Confienza is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 27 of 184 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.037 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 resident population has fallen by 6.6%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Confienza declared an average taxable income of 23,946 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Confienza is in climate zone E, with 2,614 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 126 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Confienza has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 7.0% of the land in Confienza, 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

Confienza 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 Confienza.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Confienza: 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 Confienza 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 23 inhabited census areas in Confienza. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 99.9%

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 018052. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.