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Pontirolo Nuovo: 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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Pontirolo Nuovo, the Gera d'Adda north of Treviglio

Pontirolo Nuovo is a village in the Gera d'Adda, the stretch of Bergamo plain lying east of the river Adda, a few kilometres north of Treviglio. Tradition says the name comes from an ancient Roman bridge over the Adda. The land is flat, with irrigated fields, farmsteads and a compact village grown up around its old centre.

Treviglio is the point of reference: it has the station, with trains to Milan, Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona, the hospital and the secondary schools. Many residents work in the Milan area or for firms on the plain, and get about by car on the provincial roads. The market is made up of detached and terraced houses and low-rise blocks of flats, with a few restored farmsteads on the edge of the village.

There were 4,914 residents in 2023, down 1.6% on 2011. The average age is 45.2, the same or almost the same as the province (45.2); people over 65 make up 21.4% and foreign residents 12.5%, a high share for the area. Households have 2.32 members on average. Declared incomes are a little below the Bergamo average.

The seismic picture is uniform: all 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo are in zone 3, and the expected ground acceleration here is about 0.100 g. For houses built before the 1980s, it is still worth asking how the structure is made and when the roof was last redone.

The countryside is crossed by irrigation ditches and canals, and in places the water table is close to the surface, so before buying a house with a basement ask whether there has been any seepage. The report checks flood risk at the address and uses the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Gera d'Adda, a few kilometres north of Treviglio.
  • 4,914 residents, down 1.6% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents 12.5%, households of 2.32.
  • The whole province in seismic zone 3.

Overview

Pontirolo Nuovo is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,914 residents, ranked 77 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pontirolo Nuovo 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 0.100 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 1.6%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pontirolo Nuovo declared an average taxable income of 24,987 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pontirolo Nuovo is in climate zone E, with 2,360 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 155 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pontirolo Nuovo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

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 Pontirolo Nuovo.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 23.0% of the land in Pontirolo Nuovo, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pontirolo Nuovo 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 Pontirolo Nuovo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pontirolo Nuovo: 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 Pontirolo Nuovo 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 37 inhabited census areas in Pontirolo Nuovo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 11.9%
  • good 88.1%

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 016172. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.