Jerago con Orago: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Varese, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Jerago con Orago, two joined villages between Gallarate and Varese
The name tells you how the municipality came about: Jerago and Orago were two separate villages and now form a single centre, in the belt of low hills and woodland between Gallarate and Varese. Jerago has a castle in the upper part of the village. Around it, much of the land is built up, with housing estates, businesses and roads that run straight into neighbouring towns such as Cavaria con Premezzo, Besnate and Albizzate.
Location matters a lot if you work locally. Gallarate is a few minutes away, Malpensa airport is not far and the motorway to Milan and Varese passes close by. For trains, people use the Cavaria-Oggiona-Jerago station on the Gallarate to Varese line. Housing is mostly detached houses and blocks of flats built from the 1960s onwards, with a few older courtyard houses in the historic cores. In an area this built up, look at what is next to the house: industrial units, through roads, noise.
The population is steady, rising slightly. Istat, the Italian statistics office, recorded 5,164 residents in 2023, up 1.6% on 2011. The average age is 46.2 against 46.5 in the province of Varese; 23.9% are over 65 and 5.7% are foreign nationals. The average income is a little above the provincial figure. There are 10 sports facilities, or 1.94 per 1,000 residents against 0.86 in the province.
Earthquakes are a minor concern here. All 136 municipalities in the province of Varese are in seismic zone 4, the lowest class set by the Civil Protection Department, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.038 g. With a forty-year-old house, the focus should be on insulation, the heating and electrics, and the roof.
Small streams run between the hills and the ground slopes unevenly, so the report checks flood-prone areas, landslides and gradient for the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can go from the address to the plot.
Key points
- Two joined villages with a castle, between Gallarate and Varese.
- Residents up 1.6% since 2011; 23.9% over 65.
- All 136 Varese municipalities in seismic zone 4.
- Sports facilities: 1.94 per 1,000 residents.
Overview
Jerago con Orago is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,164 residents, ranked 46 of 136 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Jerago con Orago is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 136 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 1.6%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Jerago con Orago declared an average taxable income of 27,954 euros, in line with the province (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Jerago con Orago is in climate zone E, with 2,591 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 324 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Jerago con Orago has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 10 sports facilities.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Public transport
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Jerago con Orago.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 37.1% of the land in Jerago con Orago, compared with 21.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Jerago con Orago 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 Jerago con Orago.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Jerago con Orago: 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 Jerago con Orago 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 17 inhabited census areas in Jerago con Orago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.
Residents by band
- good 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
- 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 012085. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.