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Ponte dell'Olio: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Vittorio Veneto 1, Ponte dell'Olio.

Ponte dell'Olio, the gateway to the Nure valley

Heading from Piacenza up into the Apennines along the Nure, you reach Ponte dell'Olio just where the plain ends and the first hills begin. The town stretches along both banks of the stream and serves as the local hub for the lower Nure valley: its shops, schools and services are used by scattered hamlets on the slopes and by villages further up the valley.

Piacenza is less than half an hour away by car, and many residents live in the valley and work in the city. The housing is mixed: older houses in the centre, detached homes from recent decades on the edges, farmhouses and isolated houses in the hills. Those offer space and views, but check access roads, roofs and heating and electrics carefully.

The figures describe an ageing town. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 4,672 residents in 2023, down 5.3% on 2011. The average age is 48.9, above 46.7 for the province, and over-65s make up 28.8%. Foreign residents account for 10.7%, a fairly high share for a hill municipality.

All 46 municipalities in the province of Piacenza are in seismic zone 3; in Ponte dell'Olio the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.107 g. For a masonry house, ask whether any seismic upgrading has been done. The Nure in flood and the clay slopes of the hills are the two things to check, and the report looks at the official flood and landslide maps for the address you choose.

Key points

  • Where the Nure leaves the hills: the gateway to its valley.
  • 4,672 residents, down 5.3% since 2011.
  • Average age 48.9, foreign residents at 10.7%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.107 g.

Overview

Ponte dell'Olio is a municipality in the province of Piacenza, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 4,672 residents, ranked 17 of 46 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ponte dell'Olio is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 46 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.107 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 5.3%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 10.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ponte dell'Olio declared an average taxable income of 25,458 euros, below the provincial average (26,934 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ponte dell'Olio is in climate zone E, with 2,734 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 216 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ponte dell'Olio has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 7.3% of the land in Ponte dell'Olio, compared with 7.7% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Ponte dell'Olio is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. 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 Ponte dell'Olio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ponte dell'Olio: 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 Ponte dell'Olio 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 57 inhabited census areas in Ponte dell'Olio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.8%
  • fair 39.7%
  • good 57.5%

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 033036. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.