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Nembro: 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 Gavarno 1, Nembro.

Nembro, in the lower Seriana valley with a tram to Bergamo

Heading up the Seriana valley from Bergamo, Nembro is one of the first towns you reach, between Alzano Lombardo and Albino on the banks of the river Serio. The town and its businesses fill the valley floor, while the slopes climb straight up to woodland and to higher hamlets such as Lonno. It is an area with a long industrial tradition: textiles and engineering shaped the whole valley.

The easiest link to Bergamo is tram line T1 of the Tramvie Elettriche Bergamasche, laid along the route of the old Seriana valley railway. It takes you into central Bergamo without the valley road, which often jams at rush hour. When buying, the main differences are between the compact old centre near the river, the flats and detached houses of the newer districts, and homes on the slopes, where gradient, retaining walls and winter access matter.

In 2023 there were 11,209 residents, down 2.9% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. Nembro is a little older than the province: an average age of 46.4 against 45.2, and 24.7% over 65 against 22.5%. Foreign residents make up 7.8%, and average incomes are a little below the Bergamo figure.

The whole province of Bergamo, 243 municipalities, is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, an intermediate hazard; in Nembro the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.113 g. For a stone village house or a 1960s block of flats, the roof, damp and the wiring and plumbing often matter more, but a structural check before major renovation is still sensible.

Water and slopes are the two things to check at the address: low ground along the Serio and its side streams on one hand, the hillsides above the town on the other. The report uses the official landslide and flood maps and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, which are published for Nembro.

Key points

  • Lower Seriana valley, on the Serio between Alzano Lombardo and Albino.
  • Tram line T1 into central Bergamo.
  • Population down 2.9% since 2011, average age 46.4.
  • Seismic zone 3, like the whole province of Bergamo.

Overview

Nembro is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 11,209 residents, among the most populous in the province (12 of 243).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Nembro 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 0.113 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 2.9%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Nembro declared an average taxable income of 25,043 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Nembro is in climate zone E, with 2,439 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 309 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Nembro has 8 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities and 9 sports facilities.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 17.0% of the land in Nembro, 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

Nembro 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 medium. 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 Nembro. 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 Nembro: 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 Nembro 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 56 inhabited census areas in Nembro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 24.6%
  • good 75.4%

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 016144. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.