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Valbondione: 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 Beltrame 1, Valbondione.

Valbondione, at the head of the Seriana valley below the Orobie

Valbondione is the last municipality in the Val Seriana, where the valley closes against the peaks of the Orobie Alps. The main village lies at around 900 metres, and the municipality also includes hamlets such as Lizzola, higher up, with its ski lifts, and Fiumenero. Paths lead from here to the Curò mountain hut and to the Serio waterfalls, which can be seen at full flow only on the few days a year when the dam upstream releases the water.

Buying here means buying in proper mountains. The climate zone is F, the coldest: heating, insulation and the state of the roof weigh on the bills every year, and in winter it matters how you reach the house in the snow. Alongside year-round residents, the market includes flats and chalets used as holiday homes, with prices and features that vary a lot between the valley floor and the upper hamlets. For work and wider services people head down the valley towards Clusone and Bergamo.

There were 945 residents in 2023, down 12.9% since 2011. The average age is 50.5, against 45.2 in the province of Bergamo, and over-65s make up 29.7%. Foreign residents account for 3.6%.

Seismic hazard is moderate: all 243 municipalities in the province are in zone 3, and the expected ground acceleration here is 0.066 g. In a steep, narrow valley, the land itself needs more attention: slopes, avalanches and mountain streams in spate are things to check address by address on the official maps.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) land registry covers the municipality, so the report starts from the address, finds the parcel and shows landslide and flood hazard, elevation and slope.

Key points

  • Last municipality in the Val Seriana, below the Orobie Alps.
  • Climate zone F: long winters, budget for heating.
  • 945 residents in 2023, down 12.9% since 2011.
  • All 243 municipalities near Bergamo in seismic zone 3.

Overview

Valbondione is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 945 residents, ranked 189 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valbondione 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 0.066 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 12.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valbondione declared an average taxable income of 20,063 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valbondione is in climate zone F, with 3,348 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 900 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valbondione has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 0.5% of the land in Valbondione, 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

Valbondione is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Valbondione.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Valbondione: 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 Valbondione 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 Valbondione. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 67.6%
  • good 32.4%

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 016223. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.