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Rocca Susella: 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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For example: Frazione Chiusani 1, Rocca Susella.

Rocca Susella, hills and hamlets in the Oltrepò

Rocca Susella is a hill municipality in the Oltrepò Pavese, with several hamlets spread over the slopes. The land rises from the Voghera area towards the Apennines, with woods, meadows and fields alternating on the slopes, and roads linking groups of a few houses each. For shopping, school and work people drive down to the plain, and Voghera is the reference for the hospital and offices.

The number of residents has hardly moved: 232 in 2023 against 234 in 2011, a change of -0.9% according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is old, though, with an estimated average age of 52.7 (the province: 47.1) and over-65s at 34.1%. Foreign residents account for 7.8%. Average declared incomes are close to the average for the province of Pavia.

Homes are mostly farmhouses and rural buildings in stone and brick, some carefully restored and used as a main home or a weekend place. In hill country it pays to check the ground: clay slopes deserve a careful look, and the report checks the official maps for the address along with the gradient. Winters are cold (climate zone F), so the energy efficiency of the house matters too.

Rocca Susella is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.094 g. For a masonry building, ask when it was built and what work has been done on the roof and floors. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Hill municipality in the Oltrepò Pavese, with hamlets on the slopes.
  • 232 residents in 2023, almost as many as in 2011.
  • Average age 52.7; over-65s at 34.1%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.094 g.

Overview

Rocca Susella is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 232 residents, among the smallest in the province (172 of 184).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rocca Susella 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 0.094 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (47). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rocca Susella declared an average taxable income of 25,532 euros, in line with the province (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rocca Susella is in climate zone F, with 3,246 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 548 metres above sea level.

Services

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 Rocca Susella.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.5% of the land in Rocca Susella, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Rocca Susella 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 Susella.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rocca Susella: 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 Susella 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 21 inhabited census areas in Rocca Susella. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 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 018126. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.