Montecalvo Versiggia: 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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Montecalvo Versiggia, scattered homes in the Oltrepò hills
The Oltrepò Pavese hills, the part of the province of Pavia south of the Po, are a land of vineyards and small municipalities made up of hamlets. Montecalvo Versiggia is one of them: a hill municipality without a large centre, with houses and farmsteads spread over several clusters along ridges and slopes.
Buyers here have to think hamlet by hamlet. Aspect, the gradient of the access road and the distance from the valley floor vary a lot even between two neighbouring houses. For a big shop, secondary schools and hospital care people drive down to the plain, towards the Via Emilia and Pavia, so a reliable car is essential. In farmhouses, check the roof, damp and drainage, which often goes to a septic tank rather than the mains sewer.
In 2023 there were 498 residents, down 11.2% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age of 49.6 is above the provincial 47.1, and over-65s make up 29.7% against 25.2% across the province. Foreign residents account for 15.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Montecalvo Versiggia is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.096 g in the built-up area. Before renovating a rural building, have an engineer inspect the load-bearing walls and foundations, if only to know what bringing them up to standard will cost.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality and the report finds the land parcel from the address. For a sloping plot, the official landslide maps, which the report reads for that address, are the first thing to check.
Key points
- A municipality of hamlets in the vine-covered Oltrepò Pavese hills.
- Population down 11.2% since 2011, average age 49.6.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.096 g.
- Sloping plots to check on the official landslide maps.
Overview
Montecalvo Versiggia is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 498 residents, ranked 149 of 184 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montecalvo Versiggia 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 11.2%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 15.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montecalvo Versiggia declared an average taxable income of 21,414 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Montecalvo Versiggia is in climate zone F, with 3,189 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 412 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 Montecalvo Versiggia.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 6.6% of the land in Montecalvo Versiggia, 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
Montecalvo Versiggia 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 Montecalvo Versiggia.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montecalvo Versiggia: 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 Montecalvo Versiggia 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 28 inhabited census areas in Montecalvo Versiggia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 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
- 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 018096. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.