Ferrera Erbognone: 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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Ferrera Erbognone, a Lomellina village with a railway
Ferrera Erbognone is a farming municipality in Lomellina, the plain of the province of Pavia west of the Ticino, with rice paddies, poplar plantations and farmsteads around a compact village. It has a practical advantage: the railway. Public transport timetables show the municipality served by train and by bus; for each address, the report measures the distance to the nearest stop.
Homes for sale are mostly village houses with courtyards, detached houses and the odd farmstead. Anyone working in Pavia or in the Lomellina towns can consider the train, while daily life otherwise calls for a car. On the plain the water table is close to the surface, so look carefully at cellars and basements; in summer the rice paddies bring mosquitoes. Climate zone E means cold, foggy winters. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
In 2023 there were 1,064 residents, down 5.1% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 46.8, in line with the provincial 47.1, and over-65s make up 24.5%. Foreign nationals are 16.1% of residents.
The municipality is in seismic zone 3, like 156 others in the province of Pavia; the remaining 27 are in zone 4. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.056 g, a low value. For a brick house, the roof, floors and rising damp matter most.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. On a plain of canals and irrigation ditches, the official flood maps are checked for each individual house.
Key points
- Farming village in Lomellina, with a railway stop.
- Foreign nationals 16.1%, average age 46.8.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.056 g.
- Residents down 5.1% since 2011.
Overview
Ferrera Erbognone is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,064 residents, ranked 95 of 184 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ferrera Erbognone 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 0.056 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 5.1%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 16.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ferrera Erbognone declared an average taxable income of 23,264 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Ferrera Erbognone 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 89 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ferrera Erbognone has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. 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
Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops, served by 1 bus line, 1 train line. That is about 0.9 stops per 1,000 residents.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 17.1% of the land in Ferrera Erbognone, 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
Ferrera Erbognone 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Ferrera Erbognone. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ferrera Erbognone: 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 Ferrera Erbognone 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 14 inhabited census areas in Ferrera Erbognone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 1.3%
- fair 6.1%
- good 92.6%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 018062. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.