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Bione: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Morcherane 1, Bione.

Bione, on a hillside in the Sabbia valley

Bione lies in the Valle Sabbia, the Chiese river valley north-east of Brescia, on a mountainside where the village and its hamlets sit at different heights. The town hall is at around six hundred metres. It is a place of woods, meadows and small stone clusters, away from the traffic of the valley floor, which it still relies on for work, shops and secondary schools.

There were 1,299 residents in 2023, 11.7% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 47.3, against 45.4 in the province of Brescia, and over-65s are 25.5%. Foreign residents are 5.5%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average, slightly below it.

Buyers have to reckon with the mountains. It is climate zone F, the coldest, and in winter steep roads and snow affect getting about; estimate heating costs in advance by looking at the boiler, external insulation and windows. Homes are often old rural houses that have been renovated, or need renovating, alongside newer detached houses.

Earthquakes deserve attention. The province of Brescia has 52 municipalities in zone 2 and 153 in zone 3: Bione is in zone 3, but with an expected ground acceleration of 0.147 g, which is not negligible. For a renovated stone house, ask whether the work covered the structure as well as the finishes.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published, and the report reaches the land parcel from the address. On a mountainside, landslides and flooding from streams are checked on the official maps, house by house.

Key points

  • Sabbia valley, village and hamlets on a slope at around six hundred metres.
  • Population down 11.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.147 g.
  • Climate zone F: weigh up heating and winter access.

Overview

Bione is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,299 residents, ranked 170 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bione 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 0.147 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 11.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, higher than the province average (45). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bione declared an average taxable income of 24,540 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bione is in climate zone F, with 3,067 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 600 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bione has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

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 Bione.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.2% of the land in Bione, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bione is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Bione.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bione: 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 Bione 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 16 inhabited census areas in Bione. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 017019. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.