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Rovescala: 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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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: Frazione Scazzolino 1, Rovescala.

Rovescala, Bonarda hills in the eastern Oltrepò

In the Oltrepò Pavese, the band of hills south of the Po that runs up to the Apennines, Rovescala lies in the eastern part, towards the Piacenza area, at around 250 metres. The landscape is almost all vineyard: Bonarda is the local wine, and wineries large and small are an important part of the village economy.

Buyers in Rovescala will find village houses, farmsteads and country houses among the vines, some needing renovation, with land and views over the hills. Before signing, the access road, the slope of the land and the state of roofs and walls all matter. This is climate zone E, with cold winters and fog on the plain.

The village has lost residents. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 809 in 2023, down 11.8% on the 917 of 2011. The average age is 50.2 against 47.1 in the province, over-65s make up 32.8% and the share of foreign residents is high, 22.0%. Declared incomes are well below the average for the province of Pavia.

Rovescala is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 157 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.096 g. The hazard is moderate; for an old farmhouse the most useful checks are the roof, the floors and cracks in the walls.

On the Oltrepò hills, ground stability differs a lot between a ridge and a slope, so the report checks the official landslide maps for the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report traces the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Bonarda hills in the eastern Oltrepò Pavese.
  • Foreign residents at 22.0%, over-65s at 32.8%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.096 g.
  • Farmhouses among the vines: check access, slope and landslides.

Overview

Rovescala is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 809 residents, ranked 118 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rovescala 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 11.8%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 22.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rovescala declared an average taxable income of 20,430 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rovescala is in climate zone E, with 2,720 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 250 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rovescala has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Rovescala.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 7.6% of the land in Rovescala, 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

Rovescala 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 Rovescala.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rovescala: 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 Rovescala 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 11 inhabited census areas in Rovescala. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 72.2%
  • good 27.8%

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 018131. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.