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Velezzo Lomellina: 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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Velezzo Lomellina, a farmstead village on the Pavia plain

The Lomellina is the part of the province of Pavia lying between the Ticino, the Po and the Sesia, a flat landscape of irrigated fields, canals and large farmsteads. Velezzo Lomellina is one of its small villages, less than a hundred metres above sea level, with a compact centre and farmland all round. Mortara and Vigevano are the main towns of the Lomellina, Pavia the provincial capital.

For buyers, what you mostly find here is village houses and courtyard farmsteads, some still tied to farming. The things to look at are typical of the plain: rising damp in the walls, roofs, services, and insulation for climate zone E winters with fog and humidity. With a farmstead, the permitted use of the outbuildings matters, as does who has rights of way across courtyards and farm tracks.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 88 residents, 12.9% fewer than the 101 of 2011. The estimated average age is 52.3, and over-65s make up 35.2%, more than the 25.2% for the province of Pavia. Foreign residents account for 2.3%. Declared incomes remain below the provincial average.

Most municipalities in the province of Pavia are in seismic zone 3, on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department; Velezzo Lomellina is one of the 27 in zone 4, the lowest, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.046 g. Seismic hazard here is low.

On a plain of canals and rivers, flooding deserves attention. The report checks it at the address on the official maps, along with landslides, and traces the land parcel using the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Country village in the Lomellina, the plain of the Pavia area.
  • 88 residents in 2023, down 12.9% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 35.2%, against 25.2% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.046 g.

Overview

Velezzo Lomellina is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 88 residents, among the smallest in the province (182 of 184).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Velezzo Lomellina is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 27 of 184 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.046 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 12.9%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (47). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Velezzo Lomellina declared an average taxable income of 21,227 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Velezzo Lomellina is in climate zone E, with 2,619 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 98 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 4.9% of the land in Velezzo Lomellina, 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

Velezzo Lomellina 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 Velezzo Lomellina.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Velezzo Lomellina: 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 Velezzo Lomellina 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 5 inhabited census areas in Velezzo Lomellina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 018172. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.