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Spirano: 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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Spirano, a farming village on the plain south of Bergamo

On the plain south of Bergamo the villages sit close together, separated by maize fields, irrigation ditches and small industrial estates. Spirano is one of them, about fifteen kilometres from the city: a compact centre around the church and old courtyard houses, with estates of detached homes and workshops that have grown up all around it in recent decades. The land is flat and the landscape is the farming country of the lower Bergamo plain, with working farmsteads still in use.

The population has barely moved for years: 5,656 in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, just 17 more than at the 2011 census. It is a young population, though. The estimated average age is 43.3 against 45.2 for the province, over-65s are 19.3% against 22.5%, and households average 2.50 people, high for Lombardy. Foreign nationals make up 10.9%. Declared incomes are slightly below the Bergamo average.

Life here depends on the car. The public transport data show no stops or routes within the municipality, and the nearest stations are in neighbouring towns. Shops are also few for the number of residents: 0.18 supermarkets per 1,000 people, against 0.47 in the province. If you are moving from a city, expect daily drives for the big shop and many services; in return you get detached houses and gardens that cost more closer to Bergamo.

All 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo fall in the same seismic zone, zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department's classification, with values that vary from place to place: in Spirano the expected acceleration is about 0.117 g. For a house built in the 1970s or 1980s, ask for the complete planning file and check whether the roof or structure has been renewed.

Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are available. From the address the report identifies the land parcel and the building, which also helps tell a house in the village apart from a building in the industrial areas.

Key points

  • Farmland south of Bergamo, with farmsteads, houses and workshops.
  • Young population: average age 43.3, over-65s at 19.3%.
  • No public transport stops in the municipality: you need a car.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.117 g.

Overview

Spirano is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,656 residents, ranked 62 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Spirano 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 0.117 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 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Spirano declared an average taxable income of 24,984 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Spirano is in climate zone E, with 2,383 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 154 metres above sea level.

Services

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

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 16.4% of the land in Spirano, 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

Spirano 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 Spirano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Spirano: 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 Spirano 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 24 inhabited census areas in Spirano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 56.8%
  • good 43.2%

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 016206. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.