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Chiari: 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 Pontoglio 1, Chiari.

Chiari, on the railway between Brescia and Milan

Chiari is a small town on the western Brescia plain, halfway between Brescia and Bergamo, with the Franciacorta wine hills just to the north. It has a compact historic centre full of churches and palazzi, Villa Mazzotti and its park, and an old library, the Morcelliana. Around it spreads irrigated farmland with cascine (traditional farmsteads) and an industrial area that also employs people from neighbouring villages.

For anyone working elsewhere, the train makes the difference. Chiari has a station on the Milan-Brescia line, and open public transport timetables show 2 rail lines stopping in the municipality; the report gives the distance to the stop for every address. By car, the A4 and BreBeMi motorways run nearby. The market offers flats in the centre, often in buildings around a courtyard, and detached houses in the districts that have grown up around it.

The population is rising: 19,347 residents at the end of 2023, up 5.2% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. Chiari is number 7 in a very large province of 205 municipalities. Foreign nationals account for 16.8%, a high share, and the estimated average age is 44.3 against 45.4 for the province. Declared incomes are slightly below the Brescia average.

The province has 52 municipalities in seismic zone 2 and 153 in zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department's classification. Chiari is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.136 g. In historic-centre houses, often built of brick and river cobbles, it helps to know whether roofs and floors have been redone and with what materials.

The land is almost flat and landslides are not an issue, but irrigation ditches and canals can flood streets and cellars. The report checks the official maps for the address, after finding the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Station on the Milan-Brescia line, 2 rail lines.
  • Population up 5.2% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents 16.8%, average age 44.3.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.136 g.

Overview

Chiari is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 19,347 residents, among the most populous in the province (7 of 205).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chiari 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 0.136 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 5.2%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 16.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chiari declared an average taxable income of 24,761 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Chiari is in climate zone E, with 2,251 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 145 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Chiari has 12 schools and 6 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 11 grocery shops and supermarkets, 18 healthcare facilities, 18 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops, served by 2 train lines, 1 bus line. That is about 0.1 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 23.4% of the land in Chiari, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Chiari 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 Chiari, and 4 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 Chiari: 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 Chiari 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 78 inhabited census areas in Chiari. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 77 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.6%
  • fair 12.8%
  • good 69.5%
  • very good 17.0%

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 017052. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.