Borgo San Giacomo: 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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Borgo San Giacomo, farmsteads and a castle on the Oglio
The castle of Padernello, its moat still full of water, is the best-known landmark in Borgo San Giacomo and stands in one of its hamlets. The municipality lies in the western part of the lowlands south of Brescia, along the Oglio, which here forms the border with the province of Cremona, in a plain of irrigated fields, channels and large farmsteads.
It is a farming community, with livestock farms and some small businesses, well away from the main roads. Brescia is around half an hour by car, and the public transport data show 0 stops in the municipality. Homes on the market include small villas, village houses and farm buildings to restore, often cheaper than in the towns nearer the city. Average declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The population is stable. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,520 residents in 2023, up 0.4% on 2011, but it is noticeably younger than average: an age of 43.2 against 45.4 for the province, and over-65s at just 19.7%. Households are large at 2.56 people, and foreign residents make up 14.7%. The data list 5 school sites and 3 supermarkets.
In the province of Brescia, 52 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 and 153 in zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale. Borgo San Giacomo is in zone 3, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.116 g. In brick farmsteads and houses built before the 1980s, have the floors, roofs and wall connections checked.
With the Oglio and the dense network of irrigation channels, it is important to know whether an address falls in a flood-prone area; the report checks this on the official maps. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published and let the report trace the plot, which is particularly useful for farmsteads made up of several buildings.
Key points
- Lowlands on the Oglio, bordering Cremona, with Padernello castle.
- Average age 43.2, against 45.4 in the province.
- Households of 2.56; foreign residents at 14.7%.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.116 g.
Overview
Borgo San Giacomo is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,520 residents, ranked 65 of 205 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Borgo San Giacomo 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 0.116 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 14.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Borgo San Giacomo declared an average taxable income of 23,399 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Borgo San Giacomo is in climate zone E, with 2,477 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 74 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Borgo San Giacomo has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 3 sports facilities.
There are 0.2 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 Borgo San Giacomo.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 11.7% of the land in Borgo San Giacomo, 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
Borgo San Giacomo 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 Borgo San Giacomo.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Borgo San Giacomo: 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 Borgo San Giacomo 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 22 inhabited census areas in Borgo San Giacomo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 57.4%
- good 42.6%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 017020. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.