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Vistarino: 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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Vistarino, a small farming municipality on the Pavia plain

Vistarino is a farming municipality on the plain east of Pavia, made up of a small centre plus hamlets and farmsteads scattered among fields and irrigation ditches. The landscape is classic lowland Pavia: large plots, rows of poplars, straight roads.

People who live here mostly work in Pavia, the Lodi area or around Milan, and drive. Homes for sale are villas, village houses and farmsteads, which often offer plenty of space but need checking for the state of the buildings and their land registry status. On the plain, flood exposure depends on nearby channels, ditches and watercourses, so it should be checked at the address rather than for the municipality as a whole. The climate is zone E, with fog and cold winters.

The population is young and holding up. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,579 residents in 2023, up 2.1% on 2011; the average age is 44.3 against 47.1 in the province, and over-65s make up 18.9%, against 25.2% across the province. Foreign residents account for 14.2%, and households average 2.43 people. Incomes are in line with the provincial average.

Vistarino is in seismic zone 3, like 156 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.075 g, a low figure. In farmsteads and older houses, the priority is the state of roofs and floors.

The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published: from the address, the report finds the land parcel, the price band for the area and the nearest services.

Key points

  • Farming plain east of Pavia, with hamlets and farmsteads.
  • Population up 2.1% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 18.9%, against 25.2% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.075 g.

Overview

Vistarino is a municipality in the province of Pavia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,579 residents, ranked 71 of 184 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vistarino 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 0.075 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 2.1%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 14.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vistarino declared an average taxable income of 25,889 euros, in line with the province (26,290 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vistarino is in climate zone E, with 2,628 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 72 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vistarino has 2 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 0.7 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.1% of the land in Vistarino, 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

Vistarino 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 Vistarino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vistarino: 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 Vistarino 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 17 inhabited census areas in Vistarino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 75.3%
  • good 24.7%

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 018181. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.