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Morengo: 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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Morengo, plain and irrigation channels of the Bergamo lowlands

Morengo is a municipality in the Bassa Bergamasca, the plain south of Bergamo criss-crossed by irrigation ditches and channels, in the area between Treviglio and Romano di Lombardia. It is a farming village that has grown in recent decades with residential districts and small workshop areas, while the centre keeps its courtyard houses and parish church.

Many residents travel to Treviglio, Bergamo or the Milan area for work, and the railway stations most used are those in nearby towns, since the open timetables show no stops in the municipality. A car is therefore needed for everyday life, and anyone looking at a house should time the real journey to the station and the motorway.

Figures from Istat, the national statistics office, show 2,488 residents in 2023, down 3.6% since 2011. The average age is 44.8, close to 45.2 for the province of Bergamo, with 21.4% over 65. Foreign nationals make up 8.7%. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

The market offers detached and terraced houses built from the 1980s onwards, flats in small blocks and courtyard houses in the historic core, often needing renovation. The climate is zone E, with foggy winters and muggy summers.

Morengo is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 242 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.121 g. In older courtyard houses, have the ties between walls and floors checked. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published: from the address the report reaches the land parcel and checks the official flood maps, useful on a plain full of channels.

Key points

  • Irrigated plain of the Bergamo lowlands, near Treviglio
  • No stops in the open timetables: a car is needed
  • 2,488 residents, down 3.6% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.121 g

Overview

Morengo is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,488 residents, ranked 136 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Morengo 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 0.121 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 3.6%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Morengo declared an average taxable income of 25,318 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Morengo is in climate zone E, with 2,251 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 126 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Morengo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility.

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 Morengo.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.8% of the land in Morengo, 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

Morengo 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 Morengo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Morengo: 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 Morengo 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 14 inhabited census areas in Morengo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 2.5%
  • good 97.5%

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 016140. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.