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Brione: 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 Silviane 1, Brione.

Brione, a growing upland village in the Brescia foothills

Brione has more residents than in 2011 and a younger population than many mountain villages. The municipality lies in the Pre-Alps above Brescia at around 600 metres, among meadows, woods and small clusters of houses, not far from the Val Trompia and the Franciacorta hills. Brescia and the towns of the valley floor can be reached by car for work and services.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 750 residents in 2023, up 9.5% on 2011. The average age is 45.9, in line with the provincial 45.4, and over-65s make up 23.5% against 22.8%. Foreign residents account for 8.5%. Average declared income is a little below the provincial figure.

Buyers will find detached family houses and villas built in recent decades alongside older farmhouses and rural homes. Weigh up the daily drive, especially in winter: this is climate zone F, the coldest category, with snow and ice possible. For the same reason, insulation, windows and the boiler weigh heavily on running costs.

Brione is in seismic zone 3, like most of the province of Brescia (153 municipalities out of 205). The expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.141 g: for a house built before recent earthquake regulations, ask for the design, the structural sign-off and any work done on the structure.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps for Brione, and the report traces the address to its land parcel. On an upland with slopes all around, gradient and landslide hazard are read from the official maps spot by spot.

Key points

  • Upland at about 600 metres in the Brescia Pre-Alps.
  • Population up 9.5% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 23.5%, against 22.8% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.141 g.

Overview

Brione is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 750 residents, among the smallest in the province (184 of 205).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Brione 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 0.141 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 9.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Brione declared an average taxable income of 23,940 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Brione is in climate zone F, with 3,087 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 614 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Brione 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 Brione.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.8% of the land in Brione, 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

Brione 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 low. 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 Brione.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Brione: 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 Brione 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 7 inhabited census areas in Brione. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 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 017030. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.