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Filighera: 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 Alcide de Gasperi 1, Filighera.

Filighera, a farming village on the plain near Pavia

Farmland, irrigation channels and courtyard farmsteads: the landscape around Filighera is the flat, open lower plain east of Pavia, at around 70 metres above sea level. The village is small and compact, and daily life looks to Pavia and the larger towns nearby for work, schools and healthcare.

Homes for sale are mostly detached houses, small villas and parts of converted old farmsteads. People who buy here are usually after more space and different prices from the city, and need a car for almost every trip. The plain is in climate zone E, with foggy, damp winters and muggy summers, so insulation and damp in the walls are two things to examine closely.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 823 residents in 2023, down 3.1% on the 849 of 2011. The average age is 48.2 (provincial figure 47.1), with over-65s at 28.1%. The foreign community is sizeable, 17.9% of residents. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

Seismic hazard is low: Filighera is in zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province of Pavia, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.081 g. For a country house, the quality of the renovation, the roof and the state of the systems matter more.

On the plain near the Po and its tributaries, flooding is the issue to check, and it depends on the exact position of the plot, which the report verifies on the official maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Filighera, so the report finds the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Farming village on the plain east of Pavia.
  • Foreign residents at 17.9%, over-65s at 28.1%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.081 g.
  • On the plain, flood risk is checked plot by plot.

Overview

Filighera is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 823 residents, ranked 115 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Filighera 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 0.081 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 3.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 17.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Filighera declared an average taxable income of 24,185 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Filighera 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, Filighera has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.0% of the land in Filighera, 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

Filighera 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 Filighera; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Filighera: 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 Filighera 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 7 inhabited census areas in Filighera. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 8.7%
  • good 91.3%

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 018063. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.