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Selvino: 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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For example: Corso Milano 1, Selvino.

Selvino, the plateau above the Val Seriana

Selvino is the holiday resort on the plateau above the lower Val Seriana, overlooking Albino, about twenty kilometres from Bergamo. For decades it has been a summer and weekend escape for people from the city and the plain, and the landscape shows it: meadows, conifer woods, hotels, apartment buildings and villas built for holidays alongside residents' homes.

The first question for a buyer is whether you want a home to live in all year or a holiday home. The market offers plenty of flats in apartment buildings and small villas, with prices depending on aspect, view and the state of the building; in blocks built for holidaymakers, ask about service charges and the condition of the roof and heating. The climate zone is F, the coldest: it snows in winter, and the road up from the valley is part of the deal. On the slopes, the report reads the official landslide maps for the address.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 1,995 residents at the end of 2023, up 0.2% on 2011, so effectively stable. The average age is 48.1, against 45.2 for the province, and 25.8% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 3.3%. Declared incomes are below the Bergamo average.

Selvino is in seismic zone 3, like all 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.105 g. In apartment blocks built during the tourist boom years, ask what checks have been made on the structure and roofs.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the building's land parcel.

Key points

  • Holiday resort on the plateau above the Val Seriana.
  • Main home or holiday home: two different markets.
  • Climate zone F: budget for snow and heating.
  • Seismic zone 3, like all 243 municipalities in the province.

Overview

Selvino is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,995 residents, ranked 146 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Selvino 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 0.105 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 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Selvino declared an average taxable income of 23,660 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Selvino is in climate zone F, with 3,433 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 960 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Selvino has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility, 3 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

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 Selvino.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 19.6% of the land in Selvino, 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

Selvino is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Selvino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Selvino: 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 Selvino 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 17 inhabited census areas in Selvino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 38.4%
  • good 61.6%

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 016197. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.