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Spessa: 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: Via Spessetta 1, Spessa.

Spessa, lowland farmland near the Po

Spessa is a small farming municipality on the low Pavia plain, in the band of countryside that stretches towards the river Po. The land is flat, some sixty metres above sea level, with fields, ditches, farmsteads and a small village centre.

For residents, Pavia is the reference for work, the university, the hospital and offices. Homes are mostly detached houses, small villas and converted parts of farmsteads; Overture Maps records 1.81 supermarkets per 1,000 residents in the village, against 0.57 in the province. Anyone buying an older house on the plain should look at rising damp, insulation and the state of the services.

There were 552 residents in 2023, 50 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 8.3%. The average age is 47.4, practically the same as the province (47.1), and foreign nationals make up 16.5%. Households average 2.24 people. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The seismic picture is moderate: Spessa is in seismic zone 3, like 156 other municipalities in the province of Pavia, with an expected acceleration of about 0.088 g. Near the Po, water is the more practical issue: the official maps of areas that can flood from the river and smaller watercourses need reading for the individual address, which is what the report does.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, and from the address the report finds the plot and its boundaries.

Key points

  • Farming municipality on the low Pavia plain, towards the Po.
  • Foreign nationals 16.5%, average age 47.4.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.088 g.
  • Po flood zones to check by address.

Overview

Spessa is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 552 residents, ranked 142 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Spessa 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 0.088 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 8.3%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 16.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Spessa declared an average taxable income of 22,128 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Spessa is in climate zone E, with 2,628 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 61 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Spessa has 1 grocery shop.

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 Spessa.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.9% of the land in Spessa, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Spessa 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Spessa. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Spessa: 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 Spessa 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 Spessa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 018152. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.