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Serina: 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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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 Gerolamo Tiraboschi 1, Serina.

Serina, a side valley of the Val Brembana

Serina gives its name to a side valley of the Val Brembana, in the pre-Alps north of Bergamo, and sits at more than eight hundred metres among meadows, woods and slopes rising to the peaks. The village is linked to a name in sixteenth-century Venetian painting: Palma il Vecchio was born here.

For decades Serina has also been a holiday resort for people from Bergamo and the plain, and some of the houses are second homes, opened in summer and at weekends. For anyone thinking of living here all year, the road is the key issue: you drive down to the main Brembana valley and then on to Bergamo, and journeys take longer in winter. Houses in the old cores are often stone-built, surrounded by blocks of flats and detached homes from the tourism years. The village has 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, 3 school sites and 14 places to eat.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,057 residents in 2023, down 5.0% on 2011. The average age is 48.8, above 45.2 for the province of Bergamo, and 28.4% are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 3.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The whole province of Bergamo is in seismic zone 3; Serina has expected ground acceleration of 0.081 g, a moderate level. In a second home that has been shut for long periods, have the roof, damp and services checked.

On slopes like these, landslides and streams are assessed plot by plot. The report finds the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps from the address and checks the official hazard maps.

Key points

  • Side valley of the Val Brembana, above eight hundred metres.
  • Many second homes owned by families from the plain.
  • Population down 5.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.081 g.

Overview

Serina is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,057 residents, ranked 144 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Serina 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 0.081 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 5.0%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (45). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Serina declared an average taxable income of 21,807 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Serina is in climate zone F, with 3,387 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 820 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Serina has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility and 1 green area.

There are 1.0 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.1% of the land in Serina, 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

Serina 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 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 Serina.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Serina: 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 Serina 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 22 inhabited census areas in Serina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 42.3%
  • good 57.7%

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 016199. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.