Piazza Brembana: 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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Piazza Brembana, the upper Val Brembana on the river Brembo
Until the 1960s, the Val Brembana railway climbing up from Bergamo along the river ended here. Today Piazza Brembana is a compact village on the floor of the Brembo valley, in its upper reaches, just below the point where the roads split towards Foppolo and Carona on one side and the San Marco pass on the other. Bergamo is reached by following the valley road down through San Pellegrino Terme and Zogno.
Most of the housing is gathered in the village: blocks of a few storeys, stone houses in the old core and detached homes on the lower slopes. The climate zone is E, but the valley floor gets little sun in winter, so insulation, the boiler and damp are the things to check in a second-hand house.
The population is older than the Bergamo average. The average age is 48.5 against 45.2, and over-65s make up 29.0%, against 22.5% in the province. There were 1,185 residents in 2023, 4.0% fewer than in 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office, with foreign residents at 4.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The province of Bergamo is uniform for earthquakes: all 243 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 of the national classification. In Piazza Brembana the expected ground acceleration is 0.063 g, a moderate value; for a stone building it is still worth asking about the condition of the floors and roof.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report gets from the address to the land parcel. Between the Brembo, the side streams and the steep slopes, floods and landslides are checked on the official maps for each individual house.
Key points
- Upper Val Brembana, on the floor of the Brembo valley.
- Over-65s at 29.0%, above the provincial 22.5%.
- All 243 municipalities in Bergamo province in seismic zone 3.
- Valley floor with little winter sun: insulation and damp.
Overview
Piazza Brembana is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,185 residents, ranked 174 of 243 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Piazza Brembana 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 0.063 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 4.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Piazza Brembana declared an average taxable income of 24,255 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Piazza Brembana is in climate zone E, with 2,831 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 536 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Piazza Brembana has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 3 sports facilities.
The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 Piazza Brembana.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.6% of the land in Piazza Brembana, 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
Piazza Brembana is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 no contaminated sites in Piazza Brembana.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Piazza Brembana: 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 Piazza Brembana 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 10 inhabited census areas in Piazza Brembana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 37.0%
- good 63.0%
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 016164. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.