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Briosco: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Monza e della Brianza, 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 Carducci 1, Briosco.

Briosco, upper Brianza along the Lambro valley

Briosco is in the upper part of Brianza, the area between Milan and Lake Como, on the border with the province of Como, where the plain gives way to the first hills and the river Lambro runs through a green, steep-sided valley. The municipality is made up of several centres, the main village, Fornaci and Capriano, separated by woods, meadows and fields.

Compared with the parts of Brianza closer to Milan, there is less building and more green space, and the typical home is a detached house or villa with a garden, alongside a few restored old courtyard houses. There is no railway stop in the municipality, so life revolves around the car, with Monza, Como and Lecco reachable on local roads and Milan further away. Average incomes match those of the province of Monza and Brianza, which are among the highest in Italy.

There were 6,126 residents in 2023, 2.7% more than in 2011. The average age of 47.0 is a little above the province (45.9) and over-65s make up 25.6%. The share of foreign residents is very low, at 2.9%.

Earthquakes are a minor concern. Briosco is in seismic zone 3, like 39 other municipalities in the province (the remaining 15 are in zone 4), but the expected ground acceleration is low, about 0.050 g. In villas from the 1960s and 1970s, insulation, windows and the boiler matter more, as the area is in climate zone E and winters are cold.

Along the Lambro and in the small stream valleys the report checks flood hazard, and on the wooded slopes landslide hazard, always for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report can go from the address to the plot.

Key points

  • Upper Brianza on the Como border, along the Lambro valley.
  • Foreign residents only 2.9%.
  • Seismic zone 3 with low acceleration, about 0.050 g.
  • No railway station: you will need a car.

Overview

Briosco is a municipality in the province of Monza e della Brianza, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,126 residents, ranked 42 of 55 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Briosco is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (40 of 55) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 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 2.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Briosco declared an average taxable income of 29,634 euros, in line with the province (29,649 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Briosco is in climate zone E, with 2,521 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 271 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Briosco has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 26.0% of the land in Briosco, compared with 40.9% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Briosco 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Briosco, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Briosco: 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 Briosco 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 32 inhabited census areas in Briosco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 39.5%
  • good 60.5%

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 108011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.