Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Suardi: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Suardi

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 Maestra 1, Suardi.

Suardi, a Lomellina village near the Po

In the Lomellina, the plain of the province of Pavia enclosed by the Sesia, the Ticino and the Po, Suardi is a small municipality with a compact village and flat countryside all around, stretching to the land near the Po. For work, secondary schools and services people go to the larger towns of the Lomellina or towards Pavia and Alessandria.

For a buyer, the main issue is water. The Po and the network of irrigation ditches and canals crossing the countryside make flood hazard differ from one street to another, and the same goes for groundwater close to the surface: ask whether the house has had water in the cellar or damp in the walls. The report checks the address against the official flood hazard maps. Homes are mostly village houses and old farm courtyards, some renovated.

The population is falling: 569 residents in 2023, 82 fewer than in 2011, down 12.6% according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 51.6, against 47.1 in the province, and over-65s make up 32.0%. Foreign residents account for 4.2%. Average declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Suardi is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.056 g: a low hazard that matters less than the state of the roof, the services and the walls.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report finds the land parcel and the building from the address.

Key points

  • Lomellina plain, near the Po.
  • Po, ditches and groundwater: floods and damp to check.
  • Residents down 12.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.056 g.

Overview

Suardi is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 569 residents, ranked 140 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Suardi 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 0.056 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 12.6%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (47). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Suardi declared an average taxable income of 23,951 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Suardi is in climate zone E, with 2,715 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 84 metres above sea level.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.6% of the land in Suardi, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Suardi 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 Suardi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Suardi: 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 Suardi 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 5 inhabited census areas in Suardi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.4%
  • fair 98.6%

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 018154. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.