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Rocca de' Giorgi: what to know before buying a home

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

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Rocca de' Giorgi, a small municipality in the Oltrepò hills

The figures for Rocca de' Giorgi need careful reading, because with only a few dozen residents every household counts for a lot. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 45, against 79 in 2011, a fall of 43.0%. The profile is unusual for a hill village, though: the estimated average age is 38.8, lower than the 47.1 of the province of Pavia, over-65s make up 8.9% and foreign residents 35.6%.

The municipality lies in the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese, the part of the province south of the river Po, among ridges, woods and fields, with scattered houses and small clusters linked by narrow hill roads. Life here depends on the car: for schools, doctors, supermarkets and trains you drive down to the larger towns on the plain and in the valleys.

Buyers will find country houses and farmhouses, often with land, and a few homes in small hamlets. Before deciding, check the state of the roof and services, access during the rainy and snowy months, and the cost of improving insulation. The area is in climate zone E, with cold winters but without the harshness of the mountains. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Rocca de' Giorgi is in seismic zone 3, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.096 g. With an old masonry house, it helps to know whether work has been done on the floors and load-bearing walls.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the land parcel from the address. In the hills, landslide hazard should be checked for the individual house on the official maps.

Key points

  • Hill municipality in the Oltrepò Pavese, south of the Po.
  • 45 residents in 2023, down 43.0% since 2011.
  • Average age 38.8, foreign residents at 35.6%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.096 g.

Overview

Rocca de' Giorgi is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 45 residents, among the smallest in the province (184 of 184).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rocca de' Giorgi is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (157 of 184) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.096 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 43.0%. The estimated average age is 39 years, lower than the province average (47). 9% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 35.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rocca de' Giorgi declared an average taxable income of 15,828 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rocca de' Giorgi is in climate zone E, with 2,745 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 219 metres above sea level.

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Rocca de' Giorgi.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.8% of the land in Rocca de' Giorgi, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Rocca de' Giorgi is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Rocca de' Giorgi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rocca de' Giorgi: 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 Rocca de' Giorgi 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 8 inhabited census areas in Rocca de' Giorgi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 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 018125. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.