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Cortenuova: what to know before buying a home

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

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Cortenuova, farmland in the Bergamo lowlands

The lowlands south of Bergamo are flat, agricultural and crossed by irrigation channels and provincial roads, and Cortenuova is a typical example. The name is linked to a battle in 1237, when Emperor Frederick II defeated the Lombard cities here, but today the village is a farming and residential centre with warehouses and businesses around it.

For services and work the reference is nearby Romano di Lombardia, and further on Treviglio and Bergamo. Homes are mostly detached and semi-detached houses and small blocks of flats built in recent decades, next to the old farmsteads. Buyers get more space and lower prices than in the villages closer to the city, in exchange for more driving: the data record no public transport lines in the municipality.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 1,978 residents in 2023, up 1.9% from 1,942 in 2011. It is a young village for Lombardy: average age 43.2, against 45.2 for the province, with foreign residents at 11.0%. Incomes are below the provincial average.

Cortenuova is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, with an expected acceleration of 0.128 g in the built-up area. The level is moderate, but the Po plain is not immune to earthquakes: for a house built before recent building codes, ask for the structural paperwork.

Land take is high for a farming municipality, reflecting warehouses and roads. The report shows what lies around the address, along with the Revenue Agency cadastral maps, which are published.

Key points

  • Bergamo lowlands, near Romano di Lombardia.
  • Population up 1.9% since 2011.
  • Average age 43.2, below the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.128 g.

Overview

Cortenuova is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,978 residents, ranked 148 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cortenuova is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 243 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.128 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 1.9%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cortenuova declared an average taxable income of 23,642 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cortenuova has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 Cortenuova.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 21.5% of the land in Cortenuova, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cortenuova 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 open contaminated sites in Cortenuova; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cortenuova: 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 Cortenuova 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 16 inhabited census areas in Cortenuova. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 93.7%
  • good 6.3%

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 016083. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.