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Foppolo: 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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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 Conciliazione 1, Foppolo.

Foppolo, the ski resort at the top of the Val Brembana

Foppolo is a ski resort at the top of the Val Brembana, above fifteen hundred metres, which grew up around its slopes and lifts. A large share of the homes are in apartment blocks and residences built for holidays, next to a smaller core of traditional houses. The village is busiest in winter and summer, with quieter spells in spring and autumn.

People who buy here are usually after a flat for skiing or summer holidays. In holiday blocks, look closely at the service charges, the type of heating (shared or individual), the condition of the roof and facades, and the energy rating: in climate zone F winter is long and running costs add up. It is also worth asking for the minutes of recent owners' meetings, to find out whether major work is planned. For services and schools, people rely on the towns lower down the valley.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 152 permanent residents in 2023, down 24.8% on the 202 of 2011. The average age is 54.2, against 45.2 in the province of Bergamo, and over-65s make up 34.2%. Incomes declared by residents are below the provincial average.

Seismic hazard is uniform across the area: all 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo are in zone 3 of the national classification, and in Foppolo the expected ground acceleration is about 0.058 g.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here. In the mountains it makes sense to check the official landslide and watercourse maps for the exact spot of the building, and the report does this starting from the address.

Key points

  • Ski resort at the top of the Val Brembana, above fifteen hundred metres.
  • Holiday apartment blocks: charges, heating and planned works.
  • 152 residents in 2023, down 24.8% since 2011.
  • All 243 Bergamo municipalities in seismic zone 3.

Overview

Foppolo is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 152 residents, among the smallest in the province (236 of 243).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Foppolo 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 0.058 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 resident population has fallen by 24.8%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (45). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Foppolo declared an average taxable income of 22,111 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Foppolo is in climate zone F, with 4,444 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,508 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Foppolo has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities.

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 Foppolo.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.4% of the land in Foppolo, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Foppolo is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Foppolo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Foppolo: 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 Foppolo 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 8 inhabited census areas in Foppolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 016103. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.