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Capovalle: 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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Capovalle, high between Lake Idro and the upper Garda

Capovalle is a mountain village in the province of Brescia, above nine hundred metres, on the high ground that separates Lake Idro from the valleys running down to Lake Garda. You reach it by climbing from the Valle Sabbia, and it is surrounded by woods and hay meadows. For work and services people go down towards Idro, Vestone and the valley floor.

It is a very elderly community. In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 336 residents, against 388 in 2011, a fall of 13.4%. The estimated average age is 51.1, against 45.4 in the province of Brescia, and 36.3% of residents are over 65, compared with 22.8% across the province. Foreign residents are very few, 0.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The property market consists of stone and rendered village houses, often with barns and outbuildings attached, and holiday homes. Buyers need to allow for climate zone F, with long winters and snow, and so for the roof, insulation and heating costs. The road matters too: in winter the drive down to the valley is a daily one.

Capovalle is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, the same as 51 other municipalities around Brescia; the expected acceleration in the village is about 0.149 g. In an old masonry house, ask whether the roof and floors have been redone and tied into the walls.

On the mountain slopes the report checks the gradient and the official landslide maps for the address, and along the streams the flood maps. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published.

Key points

  • Brescia mountains, above nine hundred metres over Lake Idro.
  • Average age 51.1, with 36.3% over 65.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.149 g.
  • Long winters: insulation and the valley road both matter.

Overview

Capovalle is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 336 residents, among the smallest in the province (201 of 205).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Capovalle is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 52 of 205 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.149 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Capovalle, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 13.4%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (45). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 0.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Capovalle declared an average taxable income of 20,164 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Capovalle is in climate zone F, with 3,544 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 933 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Capovalle has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities.

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 Capovalle.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.7% of the land in Capovalle, 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

Capovalle 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 Capovalle.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Capovalle: 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 Capovalle 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 4 inhabited census areas in Capovalle. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 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 017036. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.