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Valle Salimbene: what to know before buying a home

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

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Valle Salimbene, farmland on the edge of Pavia

For people who work in Pavia and want a house with a garden without moving far, Valle Salimbene is one of the closest options. The municipality lies on the plain just east of the city, towards the Po, with farmland, old farmsteads and a built-up area split into several hamlets, where detached houses from recent decades have been added to the farming settlements.

Being close to the city is the main reason to choose it: the village has 4 recorded services, and for schools, shops, the hospital and the railway station Pavia is a few minutes' drive away. Average incomes are in line with the province. Built-up land covers a fair share of the municipality.

There are 1,465 residents, down 4.7% since 2011. The average age is 48.8 (47.1 for the province) and over-65s make up 26.4%. Foreign nationals are 8.6%.

Earthquake risk is moderate: Valle Salimbene is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province of Pavia, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.079 g. For a detached house or a converted farmhouse, what matters most is the roof, damp in the walls and the heating and electrics.

On the plain between the Ticino and the Po, the thing to watch is water. The lowest-lying areas and those near watercourses may fall within flood hazard maps: the report checks them for the exact address and also gives the cadastral details of the land parcel.

Key points

  • Plain just east of Pavia, towards the Po.
  • 1,465 residents, down 4.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.079 g.
  • Low ground and watercourses: check the flood maps.

Overview

Valle Salimbene is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,465 residents, ranked 79 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valle Salimbene is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (157 of 184) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.079 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 4.7%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valle Salimbene declared an average taxable income of 26,281 euros, in line with the province (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valle Salimbene is in climate zone E, with 2,623 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 71 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valle Salimbene has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 11.5% of the land in Valle Salimbene, compared with 9.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Valle Salimbene 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 contaminated sites in Valle Salimbene.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Valle Salimbene: 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 Valle Salimbene 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 10 inhabited census areas in Valle Salimbene. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 2.6%
  • good 97.4%

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 018169. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.