Trescore Balneario: 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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Trescore Balneario, a spa town at the mouth of the Val Cavallina
The name gives a clue: Trescore Balneario is the town of the sulphur springs that gave rise to its spa, at the mouth of the Val Cavallina valley, some fifteen kilometres east of Bergamo. The river Cherio runs through it, as does the main road climbing towards Lake Endine, Lovere and Lake Iseo. Villa Suardi has a chapel frescoed by Lorenzo Lotto, one of the painter's best known works in the Bergamo area.
The main road is both the town's strength and its drawback: it leads to Bergamo and the valleys, but at rush hour it is often jammed, and anyone living along it has the traffic on their doorstep. There is no railway station. Buyers find flats in the centre and in newer districts, detached houses towards the hills and older homes in the historic cores. Services are good for a town of this size: 9 healthcare facilities and 9 supermarkets in the Overture Maps data, above the provincial average per resident.
Trescore is growing and young. There were 9,902 residents in 2023, up 5.0% since 2011, the estimated average age is 43.5 against 45.2 for the province, and over-65s make up 20.0%. Foreign residents, at 17.3%, are a high share for the Bergamo area. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.
Like all 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo, Trescore is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.128 g. In blocks of flats from the 1970s, look at the state of roofs and facades and ask about any major repair costs already approved by the owners.
Along the Cherio and in the low-lying areas the report checks the flood maps, and on the hillsides the landslide maps, always for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps make it possible to trace the plot.
Key points
- Spa town at the mouth of the Val Cavallina, east of Bergamo.
- Population up 5.0% since 2011; foreign residents at 17.3%.
- No station: travel is by the main road to Bergamo and Lake Iseo.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.128 g.
Overview
Trescore Balneario is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 9,902 residents, among the most populous in the province (20 of 243).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Trescore Balneario 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 0.128 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 5.0%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 17.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Trescore Balneario declared an average taxable income of 27,260 euros, in line with the province (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Trescore Balneario is in climate zone E, with 2,454 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 271 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Trescore Balneario has 8 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities, 4 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.9 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).
Public transport
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Trescore Balneario.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 20.3% of the land in Trescore Balneario, 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
Trescore Balneario 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 Trescore Balneario; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Trescore Balneario: 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 Trescore Balneario 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 47 inhabited census areas in Trescore Balneario. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.1%
- fair 22.2%
- good 77.7%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 016218. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.