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Fortunago: 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: Frazione Sant'Eusebio 1, Fortunago.

Fortunago, in the hills of Oltrepò Pavese

Fortunago sits in the hills of Oltrepò Pavese, the part of the province of Pavia south of the Po, where the land rises towards the Apennines, at around four hundred and fifty metres. The village is small and well kept, with stone houses and land shared between woods, meadows and a few vineyards. Voghera and the plain are where people go for work, secondary schools and services, and with no public transport worth the name, life here runs on the car.

The village draws people looking for a second home or a rural building to restore. The clay soils of these hills can shift after heavy rain, so for an isolated house or one on a slope check ground stability, the walls and any existing cracks, as well as the access road and utility connections. The report reads the official landslide maps at the exact address.

The population is small and elderly. In 2023 there were 359 residents, 24 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 6.3% according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 53.4, against 47.1 for the province, and over-65s make up 36.2%, far more than the provincial 25.2%. Foreign residents are 10.9%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.096 g in the built-up area. That is modest; for an old house the roof, foundations on sloping ground and insulation matter more, as this is climate zone E.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Fortunago's cadastral maps, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hill village in Oltrepò Pavese, towards the Apennines.
  • Clay soils: check ground stability and cracks.
  • Over-65s at 36.2%, against 25.2% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.096 g.

Overview

Fortunago is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 359 residents, ranked 163 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fortunago 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 0.096 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 6.3%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (47). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fortunago declared an average taxable income of 23,001 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fortunago is in climate zone E, with 2,962 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 482 metres above sea level.

Services

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 Fortunago.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.3% of the land in Fortunago, 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

Fortunago is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Fortunago.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Fortunago: 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 Fortunago 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 19 inhabited census areas in Fortunago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 018064. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.