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Medolago: 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 Guglielmo Marconi 1, Medolago.

Medolago, in the Isola Bergamasca between the Adda and Brembo

Medolago belongs to the Isola Bergamasca, the triangle of plain and low hills enclosed by the Adda and Brembo rivers, west of Bergamo. The area is dense with residential villages, industrial sheds and link roads, with little open land between one centre and the next, and a large share of the municipal area is covered by buildings and tarmac. The village works mainly as a place to live for people employed in local firms, in Bergamo or towards Milan.

No public transport lines serving the municipality appear in the published timetables, so for work and upper secondary school the car is the normal way to get around. Before buying, try the journey at rush hour: roads across the Isola carry a lot of traffic and a few kilometres can take longer than you expect.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,350 residents (2023), almost unchanged from 2,340 in 2011, up 0.4%. The average age is 44.4, slightly below the provincial 45.2, and over-65s make up 20.2% against 22.5% across the province. Foreign residents are 10.2%. Incomes are practically level with the Bergamo average. There are 15 bars and restaurants and 1 pharmacies on record.

Every municipality in the province of Bergamo is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection classification, and the expected ground acceleration in Medolago is about 0.081 g, a moderate level. In a house from the 1960s or 1970s, check the structure and, even before that, the energy performance: climate zone E means cold, foggy winters and heating is a real cost.

For a plot near a stream or river, the report checks the official flood maps at the exact address, alongside the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, which cover the municipality.

Key points

  • Isola Bergamasca, the plain between the Adda and Brembo west of Bergamo
  • 2,350 residents, up 0.4% since 2011
  • Average age 44.4, over-65s at 20.2%
  • Seismic zone 3 like the whole province, acceleration about 0.081 g

Overview

Medolago is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,350 residents, ranked 139 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Medolago 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 0.081 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. 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 10.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Medolago declared an average taxable income of 26,917 euros, in line with the province (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Medolago is in climate zone E, with 2,419 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 246 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Medolago has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 31.3% of the land in Medolago, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Medolago 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 open contaminated sites in Medolago; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Medolago: 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 Medolago 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 15 inhabited census areas in Medolago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 3.8%
  • good 96.2%

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 016250. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.