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Piazzolo: 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 Costa Sant'Antonio 4, Piazzolo.

Piazzolo, a hillside village in the upper Val Brembana

In the upper Val Brembana, where the valley splits into narrow wooded branches, Piazzolo is a compact village, its stone houses set on the hillside at around seven hundred metres. The valley road runs down to San Pellegrino Terme and then Bergamo, which remains the city for work, hospital and secondary schools.

House hunters here usually want a mountain second home or a quiet place to live away from the plain, and accept long journey times. Traditional homes have stone walls, roofs that need checking and often rustic outbuildings. With climate zone F winters are cold, so have a surveyor assess insulation, windows and the heating system.

There are 85 residents in 2023, against 84 at the 2011 census: almost unchanged, a variation of +1.2%. The estimated average age is 50.4, and over-65s make up 31.8%, against 22.5% for the province of Bergamo. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

All 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo are in seismic zone 3, on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department, and in Piazzolo the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.059 g, a low value. For a stone house, the state of the roof and floors matters more.

The land is all steep slopes and mountain streams, so landslides and flooding are assessed house by house: the report checks them on the official maps at the exact address and, with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, identifies the land parcel.

Key points

  • Mountain village in the upper Val Brembana, at around seven hundred metres.
  • 85 residents in 2023, 84 in 2011.
  • Over-65s at 31.8%, against 22.5% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3 like the whole province, acceleration 0.059 g.

Overview

Piazzolo is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 85 residents, among the smallest in the province (242 of 243).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Piazzolo 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 0.059 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 grown by 1.2%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Piazzolo declared an average taxable income of 21,047 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Piazzolo is in climate zone F, with 3,066 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 702 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 Piazzolo.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 2.0% of the land in Piazzolo, 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

Piazzolo 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 Piazzolo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Piazzolo: 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 Piazzolo 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 2 inhabited census areas in Piazzolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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

ISTAT code 016166. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.