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Cellatica: 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 Aldo Moro 3, Cellatica.

Cellatica, hills and vineyards on Brescia's doorstep

Cellatica borders Brescia on its western side and works in practice as a hillside residential district of the city. The town sits at the foot of slopes covered with vineyards, which give their name to a small red wine appellation, between the city and Franciacorta; Gussago is the next municipality to the west. Central Brescia is about fifteen minutes by car, traffic permitting.

The market is typical of the Brescia hills: villas and detached houses on the slopes with views over the plain, terraced houses, few blocks of flats and some restored old farmhouses. Prices are high for a town of this size, and declared incomes are well above the provincial average. On the lower side, towards the city, Cellatica merges with Brescia's built-up area, and a large share of its land is built on.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 4,845 residents in 2023, down 2.0% since 2011. The population is older than the provincial average, with an average age of 47.6 against 45.4 and 27.0% over 65 against 22.8%. Many residents arrived when the town was growing and now live in houses that are large for their household.

Cellatica is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection Department classification, like 152 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.146 g. For villas built between the 1960s and 1990s, ask for the design documents and check any extensions.

On the slopes, what matters is the gradient of the plot, retaining walls and how rainwater runs off; lower down, the small streams heading towards the city. The report checks landslides and flooding at the exact address and uses the Revenue Agency cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Residential hillside next to Brescia, towards Franciacorta.
  • Average age 47.6, with 27.0% over 65.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.146 g.
  • High incomes and hillside villas overlooking the plain.

Overview

Cellatica is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,845 residents, ranked 75 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cellatica 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 0.146 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 fallen by 2.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cellatica declared an average taxable income of 31,601 euros, above the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cellatica 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 170 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cellatica has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 3 sports facilities.

There are 0.4 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 Cellatica.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 25.9% of the land in Cellatica, 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

Cellatica 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Cellatica. 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 Cellatica: 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 Cellatica 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 Cellatica. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 30.3%
  • good 69.7%

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 017048. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.