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Brandico: 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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Brandico, farmland in the lower Brescia plain

Brandico is a municipality in the lowlands south-west of Brescia, made up of irrigated fields, farmsteads and a compact village with houses clustered around the church. It is farming and livestock country, where neighbouring villages are a few minutes away and Brescia remains the city for work, hospital care and secondary schools.

The village is growing and its population is young. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,731 residents in 2023, up 7.4% on 2011. The average age is 42.2 against 45.4 in the province, over-65s make up 16.9% and households average 2.49 people. Foreign residents are 8.1%. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Brescia.

House hunters will find detached and terraced homes built in recent decades, village houses with yards and farmsteads, some already split into flats. With a farmstead, the roof, damp and whether the buildings match the land registry are what count; with newer homes, the energy rating. The climate zone is E, with cold, foggy winters and hot, humid summers.

For earthquakes, Brandico is in seismic zone 3, like 152 other municipalities in the province, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.139 g, a figure to bear in mind even on the plain. For a house a few decades old, ask for the structural documents and check any work done on the roof and floors.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps: the report finds the land parcel from the address and checks the official flood maps, useful on a plain crossed by canals and ditches.

Key points

  • Farming municipality on the plain south-west of Brescia.
  • Residents up 7.4% since 2011, over-65s at 16.9%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.139 g.
  • Revenue Agency cadastral maps available.

Overview

Brandico is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,731 residents, ranked 151 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Brandico 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 0.139 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 7.4%. The estimated average age is 42 years, lower than the province average (45). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Brandico declared an average taxable income of 23,495 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Brandico is in climate zone E, with 2,410 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 96 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Brandico has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

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 Brandico.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 11.0% of the land in Brandico, 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

Brandico 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 Brandico.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Brandico: 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 Brandico 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 10 inhabited census areas in Brandico. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 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 017026. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.