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San Bassano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Cremona, 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 Roma 2, San Bassano.

San Bassano, fields and farmsteads on the Cremona plain

San Bassano is a farming village on the flat land between Cremona and Crema, surrounded by fields, irrigation ditches and old farmsteads (cascine). Distances are measured by car, and many residents work in the nearby towns or on the arable and dairy farms of the area.

Buyers mostly find detached houses and two-storey homes with a yard, alongside old cascine waiting to be restored. Before buying one, find out which parts are protected, check the roof and the timber beams, and price the work needed to bring wiring and plumbing up to standard. There is no railway in the village, so a car is essential for work and secondary schools. Locally you will find 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket and 3 school sites.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,075 residents in 2023, down 6.0% on 2011. The average age is 47.8, slightly above 46.8 for the province, and foreign nationals make up 11.7% of the population, a high share for a village this size. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Cremona.

San Bassano is in seismic zone 3, like all the other 112 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of 0.082 g. The risk is moderate: in brick farmhouses, what matters most is how well walls and floors are tied together.

On a plain watered by canals, flooding is the thing to check plot by plot. The report starts from the address, finds the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps and compares that spot with the official flood maps.

Key points

  • Farming village between Cremona and Crema, on open plain.
  • Population down 6.0% since 2011.
  • Foreign nationals are 11.7% of residents.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.082 g.

Overview

San Bassano is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,075 residents, ranked 40 of 113 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Bassano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 113 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.082 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 6.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Bassano declared an average taxable income of 23,191 euros, below the provincial average (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

San Bassano is in climate zone E, with 2,389 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 59 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Bassano 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 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.5% of the land in San Bassano, compared with 10.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

San Bassano 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 San Bassano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Bassano: 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 San Bassano 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 14 inhabited census areas in San Bassano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 59.7%
  • good 40.3%

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 019088. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.