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Dorno: 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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Dorno, rice fields of the Lomellina west of Pavia

Dorno belongs to eastern Lomellina, the rice-growing plain west of Pavia. In spring the flooded paddies surround the village and its courtyard farmhouses, and the landscape stays flat all the way to the horizon. Pavia is about half an hour away by car, with Vigevano and Mortara at similar distances.

The village has a centre with basic services and some newer houses on its edges. Besides detached and village houses there are traditional Lombard farmsteads with big courtyards, barns and old farmworkers' cottages, sometimes split into several units. They are cheap per square metre but need serious work on roofs, wiring, plumbing and insulation. If you work in Milan, expect a long commute, by car or by train from a nearby station.

In 2023 there were 4,582 residents, effectively the same number as in 2011. The average age is 47.6, just above the province of Pavia (47.1), over-65s make up 25.6% and foreign residents 9.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Dorno is in seismic zone 3 in the Civil Protection classification, like 156 other municipalities in the province, with a low expected ground acceleration of about 0.058 g. In the older brick farmhouses it is still worth checking for cracks and the state of the walls. Water and damp deserve more attention. In Lomellina the water table is high, the paddies stay flooded for months and irrigation ditches run close to the houses, so rising damp and wet cellars are common. The report checks the official flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Rice fields of eastern Lomellina, west of Pavia.
  • 4,582 residents, unchanged since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.058 g.
  • High water table: check damp and cellars in farmhouses.

Overview

Dorno is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,582 residents, ranked 26 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Dorno 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 0.058 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Dorno declared an average taxable income of 24,630 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Dorno is in climate zone E, with 2,619 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 90 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Dorno has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.7 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.9).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.8% of the land in Dorno, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 1.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Dorno 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 Dorno; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Dorno: 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 Dorno 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 49 inhabited census areas in Dorno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.7%
  • good 98.3%

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 018061. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.