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Villa Biscossi: 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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Villa Biscossi, a small village in the Lomellina

In the Lomellina the land is flat to the horizon, divided by canals and rows of trees, and the villages are islands of houses among the fields. Villa Biscossi is one of them, in the province of Pavia in Lombardy, with its town hall below a hundred metres above sea level and a compact centre built around a few streets and farmhouses.

Buyers here will find detached houses and courtyard farmhouses, often large, with prices best read area by area in the report. Daily life depends on the car: schools, doctors, supermarkets and railway stations are in the larger towns of the Lomellina. The village is in climate zone E, with damp, foggy winters and hot summers; in old houses on the plain, the most common problem is rising damp.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 62 residents in 2023, 17.3% fewer than the 75 of 2011. With numbers this small, a single family can shift the percentage. The estimated average age is 51.6, against 47.1 in the province of Pavia, and over-65s make up 30.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Villa Biscossi is in seismic zone 3, like 157 of the 184 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.055 g. In barns and courtyard houses converted into homes, ask how the walls and floors were strengthened.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the land parcel from the address. On a plain full of canals and close to rivers, flood hazard should be checked for the individual house on the official maps.

Key points

  • Village in the Lomellina, irrigated plain in the province of Pavia.
  • 62 residents in 2023, down 17.3% since 2011.
  • Average age 51.6, against 47.1 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.055 g.

Overview

Villa Biscossi is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 62 residents, among the smallest in the province (183 of 184).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villa Biscossi 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 0.055 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 17.3%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (47). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villa Biscossi declared an average taxable income of 20,193 euros, below the provincial average (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Villa Biscossi 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 90 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 Villa Biscossi.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.0% of the land in Villa Biscossi, 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

Villa Biscossi 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 Villa Biscossi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Villa Biscossi: 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 Villa Biscossi 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 2 inhabited census areas in Villa Biscossi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 018178. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.