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Torre Boldone: 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 S. Martino Vecchio 1, Torre Boldone.

Torre Boldone, gateway to the Seriana valley next to Bergamo

There is no gap between Bergamo and Torre Boldone. The town carries on from the city to the north-east, where the plain narrows and the Val Seriana begins. The centre and residential streets lie on the valley floor and the first slopes of the hills, below three hundred metres, with greenery rising behind the houses. The tram line linking Bergamo with Albino runs along the valley floor and skirts the town.

It is a place for people who work in the city and want to stay close, with bigger homes and less traffic outside the door. What is for sale is mostly detached houses, small blocks of flats and a few older buildings in the historic core. A large share of the land is covered by buildings and roads, a sign that the flat part of the municipality is almost fully built up; new construction is rare and the market turns mainly on resales.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 8,729 residents in 2023, up 4.8% since 2011. The population is older than the Bergamo average: a mean age of 46.7 against 45.2, and 25.6% over 65 against 22.5% in the province. Foreign residents are 9.7%. Declared incomes are above the provincial average, as is common in the residential towns around the city.

All 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo are in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification. In Torre Boldone the expected ground acceleration is about 0.111 g, a moderate value. For a flat in a 1960s or 1970s block, ask for the minutes of recent residents' meetings: work on the roof, facades and systems weighs more on costs than earthquake risk.

On the slopes towards the hills, gradient and landslides matter; near the valley floor, the smaller streams. The report reads both at the address and, using the cadastral maps published by the Revenue Agency, identifies the building's land parcel.

Key points

  • Joined to Bergamo, at the entrance to the Val Seriana.
  • 25.6% over 65, above the province (22.5%).
  • Whole province in seismic zone 3, acceleration about 0.111 g.
  • Mostly resales: check the building's planned works.

Overview

Torre Boldone is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 8,729 residents, among the most populous in the province (23 of 243).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Torre Boldone 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 0.111 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 grown by 4.8%. The estimated average age is 47 years, higher than the province average (45). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Torre Boldone declared an average taxable income of 28,888 euros, above the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Torre Boldone is in climate zone E, with 2,467 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 280 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Torre Boldone has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 3 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.1 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 Torre Boldone.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 33.2% of the land in Torre Boldone, 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

Torre Boldone 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 open contaminated sites in Torre Boldone; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Torre Boldone: 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 Torre Boldone 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 23 inhabited census areas in Torre Boldone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 24.2%
  • good 75.8%

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 016214. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.