Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Pigra: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Como, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Pigra

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 Campo Sportivo 1, Pigra.

Pigra, a terrace over Lake Como linked by cable car

A cable car climbs from the lakeshore at Argegno up to Pigra, at about eight hundred and eighty metres: it is the quickest way to reach the village without driving the hairpin road. From here Lake Como is seen from above, and the village is one of the viewpoints of the Valle d'Intelvi area, among woods, meadows and stone houses. Como, to the south along the western shore, is the city people rely on for the hospital, secondary schools and offices.

People who buy in Pigra are mostly after the view and the quiet. Homes are largely village houses and stone cottages, often used as second homes, with a few newer detached houses. In climate zone F winters are long, so check insulation, heating and access in snow before signing. Average declared incomes are well below the average for the province of Como.

Istat, Italy's statistics office, counted 240 residents in 2023, down 9.8% from 266 in 2011. The population is old: an estimated average age of 54.4 against 46.3 in the province, and over-65s at 35.0% against 24.1%. Foreign nationals make up 3.3%.

All 147 municipalities in the province of Como are in seismic zone 4, the lowest on the Civil Protection scale, and in Pigra the expected ground acceleration is about 0.040 g. On a steep slope like this, landslides and rockfall matter more, and the report checks them on the official maps together with the gradient of the plot. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Village perched above Lake Como, linked to Argegno by cable car.
  • Over-65s at 35.0%, against 24.1% in the province.
  • 240 residents, down 9.8% since 2011.
  • All 147 Como municipalities in seismic zone 4.

Overview

Pigra is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 240 residents, among the smallest in the province (136 of 147).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pigra is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 147 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.040 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 9.8%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (46). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pigra declared an average taxable income of 19,549 euros, below the provincial average (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pigra is in climate zone F, with 3,321 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 881 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Pigra has 1 green area.

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 Pigra.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.8% of the land in Pigra, compared with 12.3% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pigra 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 Pigra.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pigra: 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 Pigra 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 Pigra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 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 013184. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.