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Premolo: 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 Ranica 1, Premolo.

Premolo, a hillside village in Val Seriana

From Bergamo, Val Seriana climbs towards the Orobie Alps along the river Serio. Premolo lies in the middle part of the valley, on a hillside shelf at around 600 metres, above the valley floor where the main road runs and where most factories and services are. Behind the village, woods climb towards the peaks.

Daily life depends on the valley floor, which has the shops, schools and transport, and Bergamo is reached by car down the valley. Houses in the village are mostly mountain homes, some in stone, with courtyards and outbuildings, surrounded by more recent detached houses. In an older building it is worth checking the roof, damp in walls set against the slope, and insulation, because this is climate zone E and winter is felt here. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

In 2023 Premolo had 1,054 residents, 10.0% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 49.8, against 45.2 for the province of Bergamo, and over-65s reach 29.4%, compared with 22.5% provincially. Foreign nationals make up 2.9%.

Seismic hazard is moderate and the same across the province: all 243 municipalities around Bergamo are in zone 3 of the national classification. In Premolo the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.088 g. If you buy a stone house that needs work, it makes sense to have structural strengthening and energy upgrades assessed together.

The land registry is published: with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps the report finds the land parcel from the address. On a hillside, with side streams running down to the Serio, landslide and flood hazard are read at the exact point on the official maps rather than as an average for the municipality.

Key points

  • Hillside village in Val Seriana, above the Serio valley floor.
  • All 243 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 3.
  • Residents down 10.0% since 2011, over-65s at 29.4%.
  • Climate zone E: check roof and insulation in older houses.

Overview

Premolo is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,054 residents, ranked 183 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Premolo 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 0.088 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 10.0%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Premolo declared an average taxable income of 25,546 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Premolo is in climate zone E, with 2,967 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 625 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Premolo has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 Premolo.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.7% of the land in Premolo, 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

Premolo is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 Premolo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Premolo: 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 Premolo 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 12 inhabited census areas in Premolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 67.7%
  • good 32.3%

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 016175. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.