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Berlingo: what to know before buying a home

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

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Berlingo, a young village on the plain west of Brescia

Berlingo is a small, compact municipality on the Brescia plain, west of the city, in an area where villages sit close together, separated by fields and business parks. It has grown over recent decades with new developments of detached houses and small blocks around the old core of church and farmsteads.

People choose Berlingo for its position. Brescia and the industrial areas to the west of it are a short drive away, and prices are lower than in the city's inner suburbs. There is no station in the municipality; trains leave from nearby towns. Built-up land is high for a place this size, a sign of a heavily developed area.

Figures from Istat, Italy's national statistics office, show a young community: 2,738 residents (2023), up 6.0% since 2011, an average age of 42.7 against 45.4 in the province, and 18.3% over 65. Foreign nationals make up 11.6%. Declared incomes are below the Brescia average.

Berlingo is in seismic zone 3, like 153 of the 205 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.140 g. Recent houses were designed to more up-to-date codes; for homes from the 1970s and 1980s, ask for the structural documentation.

On a plain crossed by irrigation channels, the report checks the official flood maps for the address and measures distances to services, which are few in the village itself.

Key points

  • Plain west of Brescia, a short drive from the city
  • 2,738 residents, up 6.0% since 2011
  • Average age 42.7, younger than the province
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.140 g

Overview

Berlingo is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,738 residents, ranked 116 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Berlingo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (153 of 205) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.140 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 6.0%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Berlingo declared an average taxable income of 23,715 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Berlingo is in climate zone E, with 2,251 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 121 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Berlingo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 25.2% of the land in Berlingo, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Berlingo 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 open contaminated sites in Berlingo; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Berlingo: 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 Berlingo 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 9 inhabited census areas in Berlingo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 79.7%
  • good 20.3%

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 017015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.