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Copiano: 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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Copiano, the Pavia plain east of the city

Copiano is a small municipality on the Pavia plain, east of the city, in flat countryside of fields, farmsteads and straight roads linking one village to the next. Pavia is the reference for the university, hospital and offices; Milan and Lodi are within driving distance for those who work there.

A substantial part of the municipal territory is built up, between the village, the newer residential areas and the buildings along the roads. The homes for sale are mostly detached and terraced houses and small blocks of flats from recent decades, with a few courtyard houses in the old core. For buyers, the energy rating and the quality of the systems count, and in older homes damp and the roof. The climate zone is E, with cold winters and fog.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,727 residents in 2023, down 3.7% on 2011. The average age is 47.0, practically the same as the 47.1 of the province of Pavia, and over-65s make up 24.3%. Foreign residents are 7.6% and households average 2.21 people. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is moderate: Copiano is in seismic zone 3, like 156 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.077 g.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. The report finds the land parcel from the address, measures distances to schools, pharmacies and shops, and checks the official flood maps, worth a look on a plain crossed by ditches and streams.

Key points

  • Small municipality on the Pavia plain, east of the city.
  • Residents down 3.7% since 2011, average age 47.0.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.077 g.
  • Revenue Agency cadastral maps available.

Overview

Copiano is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,727 residents, ranked 63 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Copiano 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 0.077 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 3.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Copiano declared an average taxable income of 25,227 euros, in line with the province (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Copiano is in climate zone E, with 2,628 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 74 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Copiano has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 20.6% of the land in Copiano, 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

Copiano 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 Copiano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Copiano: 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 Copiano 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 9 inhabited census areas in Copiano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.4%
  • good 99.6%

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 018053. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.