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Galliavola: 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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Galliavola, a small municipality on the Lomellina plain

The Lomellina is flat country with small villages, where farmsteads built around courtyards and irrigation canals shape the landscape. Galliavola is one of these lowland municipalities, below a hundred metres above sea level, with a compact centre and fields all around. Mortara and Vigevano are the main towns of the area, and Pavia, the provincial capital, is the reference for the university, hospitals and public offices.

Life here without a car is difficult: shops, schools and pharmacies are in the larger nearby villages. In return there is space, with courtyards and old country houses to restore. Lowland houses have different problems from hill houses: rising damp, shallow foundations, roofs that need redoing. In climate zone E winters are cold and foggy.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, recorded 162 residents, 51 fewer than the 213 of 2011: a fall of 23.9%. The estimated average age is 54.3, against 47.1 in the province of Pavia, over-65s make up 35.8% and foreign residents 3.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The Lomellina has some earthquake risk too, at a low level. Galliavola is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.055 g. On the plain the most useful question is about water (rivers, canals and groundwater), and the report checks the official flood maps for the exact address. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report traces the land parcel.

Key points

  • Small lowland municipality in the Lomellina, province of Pavia.
  • 162 residents in 2023, down 23.9% since 2011.
  • Average age 54.3, against 47.1 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, like 157 municipalities around Pavia.

Overview

Galliavola is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 162 residents, among the smallest in the province (178 of 184).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Galliavola 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 0.055 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 23.9%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (47). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Galliavola declared an average taxable income of 22,520 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Galliavola 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.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.6% of the land in Galliavola, 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

Galliavola 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 contaminated sites in Galliavola.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Galliavola: 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 Galliavola 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 5 inhabited census areas in Galliavola. 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 018066. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.