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Torre de' Busi: 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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Torre de' Busi, hill hamlets in Valle San Martino

Torre de' Busi is one of the municipalities of Valle San Martino, the hilly area between Lake Lecco and the Bergamo countryside. For a long time it belonged to the province of Lecco and recently moved to the province of Bergamo, at its residents' request. The territory is a scatter of hamlets on the slopes, among woods and meadows, with the valley floor lower down towards Calolziocorte and the Adda.

Geography matters a lot to buyers here. The hamlets sit at different heights, linked by narrow, steep roads, and the distance from services varies widely from one house to the next. Work is usually in Lecco, around Calolziocorte or towards Bergamo, and for trains people drive down to the valley. On offer are stone houses to restore, newer small villas and some rustic buildings with land. For those, ask how they are reached in winter and what it costs to bring in utilities.

The population is growing. Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counts 2,255 residents in 2023, up 12.4% on 2011. The average age of 43.1 is lower than the 45.2 of the province, over-65s are 19.3% and foreign residents 3.1%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Protezione Civile (Civil Protection Department) scale, like 242 other municipalities in the province of Bergamo, with an expected acceleration of 0.068 g. On sloping sites, have the foundations and retaining walls checked.

The report for the address adds the official landslide and flood maps for the plot.

Key points

  • Hamlets on the slopes of Valle San Martino.
  • Moved from the province of Lecco to that of Bergamo.
  • 2,255 residents, up 12.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.068 g.

Overview

Torre de' Busi is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,255 residents, ranked 141 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Torre de' Busi 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 0.068 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 12.4%. 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 3.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Torre de' Busi declared an average taxable income of 25,840 euros, in line with the province (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Torre de' Busi is in climate zone E, with 2,698 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 472 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Torre de' Busi has 3 schools.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Torre de' Busi.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 8.7% of the land in Torre de' Busi, 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 de' Busi 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 low. 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 Torre de' Busi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Torre de' Busi: 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 de' Busi 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 16 inhabited census areas in Torre de' Busi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 016215. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.