Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Val Brembilla: what to know before buying a home

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

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Val Brembilla

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 Roma 1, Val Brembilla.

Val Brembilla, a side valley above the Brembo

Val Brembilla takes its name from the valley it sits in, a side valley of the Val Brembana north of Bergamo, cut by the Brembilla stream before it reaches the river Brembo. The municipality has existed since 2014, when Brembilla and Gerosa merged. Brembilla is the larger centre, on the valley floor; Gerosa is a smaller village higher up.

The landscape is typical of the Bergamo pre-Alps: houses gathered along the main road, scattered clusters on the slopes, meadows and woods above. There is no railway, so Bergamo means a drive down towards the Brembo valley. If you are looking at a house on the hillside, check winter access, retaining walls and the gradient of the land; near the stream, check the flood risk. The report looks at both for the specific address.

Since the 2011 census the population has fallen by 403: in 2023 there were 4,119 residents, down 8.9%, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 47.1, against 45.2 for the province, and over-65s make up 26.0%, above the provincial 22.5%. Foreign residents account for 4.2%, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

On earthquakes the picture is uniform: all 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo are in seismic zone 3 of the national classification. In Val Brembilla the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.078 g, a moderate value. With older stone houses, ask whether the roof has been redone and whether walls and floors were tied together during renovation.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Val Brembilla, so the report works from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Municipality formed in 2014 by merging Brembilla and Gerosa.
  • 4,119 residents, down 8.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, like the whole province of Bergamo.
  • No railway: Bergamo is a drive down towards the Brembo.

Overview

Val Brembilla is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,119 residents, ranked 101 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Val Brembilla 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 0.078 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 8.9%. 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 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Val Brembilla declared an average taxable income of 23,274 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Val Brembilla is in climate zone F, with 3,149 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 760 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Val Brembilla has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities 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 Val Brembilla.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 4.8% of the land in Val Brembilla, 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

Val Brembilla 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 Val Brembilla.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Val Brembilla: 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 Val Brembilla 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 44 inhabited census areas in Val Brembilla. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 75.1%
  • good 24.9%

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 016253. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.