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Mapello: 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 Gian Maria Scotti 1, Mapello.

Mapello, in Bergamo's Isola between the Adda and the Brembo

When people in Bergamo talk about "the Isola" (the island), they mean the band of plain and low hills enclosed by the Adda and Brembo rivers west of the city. Mapello is one of its main towns, at around two hundred and fifty metres, with Ponte San Pietro to the south-east, Bergamo about ten kilometres away and the first hills to the north. It is both a residential and an industrial town, with factories along the main roads and neighbourhoods of detached houses around the old core and its outlying villages.

For buyers the main question is getting around. There is no station, and the Isola's roads are often congested towards Bergamo and the Adda bridges; for trains, residents go to Ponte San Pietro. A large share of the land is built up, as it is across the area, but fields and green space remain between one village and the next. Declared incomes are in line with the Bergamo average.

Mapello is growing. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 6,946 residents in 2023, 7.6% more than in 2011, an increase of 493 people. Many are young families who have moved in recently: the average age is 43.8 against 45.2 for the province, and 19.8% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 6.9%, below the Lombardy average. In the Overture Maps data, parks and green areas are more common per head than the provincial average, while schools and health facilities are about what you would expect in a town this size.

Every municipality in the province of Bergamo is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification. In Mapello the expected ground acceleration is about 0.089 g, a low value. In houses from the 1970s and 1980s, the likely costs are insulation, windows and heating rather than the structure.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces each address to its land parcel. On the slopes to the north and along the small streams, it checks landslide and flood hazard for the exact address.

Key points

  • In the Isola area west of Bergamo, near Ponte San Pietro.
  • 6,946 residents, up 7.6% since 2011.
  • Average age 43.8, against 45.2 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration (0.089 g).

Overview

Mapello is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,946 residents, ranked 41 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mapello 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 0.089 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 grown by 7.6%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mapello declared an average taxable income of 27,067 euros, in line with the province (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mapello is in climate zone E, with 2,425 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 250 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mapello has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 23.4% of the land in Mapello, 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

Mapello 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Mapello, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mapello: 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 Mapello 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 29 inhabited census areas in Mapello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 24.8%
  • good 75.2%

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 016132. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.