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Vidigulfo: 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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Vidigulfo, a growing Pavia town south of Milan

Between the farmland of northern Pavia province and the southern outskirts of Milan, Vidigulfo is one of the municipalities that have drawn the most families in recent years. The land is irrigated plain, with ditches, farmsteads and fields, and estates of detached houses and small apartment buildings have grown up around the centre. Pavia and Milan are each about half an hour away by car, traffic permitting, and they are the two cities people rely on for work, university and hospitals.

The growth shows in the figures from Istat, the national statistics office: 6,749 residents in 2023, up 13.8% on 2011, or 816 more people. It is a young municipality for the province of Pavia: average age 43.0 against 47.1, over-65s at 17.3% against 25.2%. Foreign residents make up 8.4%. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.

There is no railway station in the municipality and most journeys are by car; anyone taking the train to Milan has to get to a station in a neighbouring town. A family considering a house here should work out travel times to work, schools and services carefully, and the report calculates them from the exact address.

Almost the whole province of Pavia is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection department's map: Vidigulfo is one of the 157 municipalities in zone 3, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is low, about 0.059 g. In recently built houses, the energy rating, the quality of the systems and complete paperwork, from the habitability certificate to compliance certificates, matter most.

In countryside laced with irrigation ditches and canals, flood hazard depends on the exact spot and the height of the plot. The report checks it for the address and, with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, identifies the plot.

Key points

  • Between Pavia and Milan, about half an hour from each.
  • Population up 13.8% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 17.3%, average age 43.0.
  • Seismic zone 3, low acceleration of about 0.059 g.

Overview

Vidigulfo is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,749 residents, among the most populous in the province (11 of 184).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vidigulfo 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 0.059 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 13.8%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (47). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vidigulfo declared an average taxable income of 26,714 euros, in line with the province (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vidigulfo is in climate zone E, with 2,514 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 88 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vidigulfo has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 14.6% of the land in Vidigulfo, 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

Vidigulfo 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 Vidigulfo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vidigulfo: 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 Vidigulfo 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 38 inhabited census areas in Vidigulfo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.3%
  • fair 95.7%

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

ISTAT code 018176. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.