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Corteno Golgi: 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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For example: Via Valeriana 1, Corteno Golgi.

Corteno Golgi, the valley between Edolo and Aprica

The name honours Camillo Golgi, the Nobel Prize-winning physician born here, but Corteno Golgi is above all a mountain valley: the one that climbs from the upper Val Camonica, near Edolo, towards the Aprica pass and the Valtellina. The main village sits at around nine hundred metres, and the area includes scattered hamlets, conifer woods and side valleys such as Val Brandet and Val Campovecchio, popular with walkers.

The housing market has two sides. There are residents' homes, often in stone and timber, and alongside them second homes and holiday flats, tied to winter sports at Aprica and summers in the mountains. Buyers should think about sun exposure, access in snow, heating costs in climate zone F (the coldest category) and service charges in holiday blocks.

In 2023 there were 1,908 residents, according to Istat, the national statistics office, down 5.3% on 2011. The average age of 47.6 is above the 45.4 of the province of Brescia, and over-65s are 24.7%. Foreign residents are few, 2.8%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The earthquake picture is moderate: Corteno Golgi is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 152 other municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of 0.065 g. In the mountains, landslides and debris flows from the streams matter more: the report reads the available official maps for the address.

The Revenue Agency publishes cadastral maps for this municipality too, and from the address the report reaches the land parcel, which helps tell buildings and land apart in the hamlets.

Key points

  • Mountain valley between Edolo and the Aprica pass.
  • Residents' homes and holiday flats; climate zone F.
  • Population down 5.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.065 g.

Overview

Corteno Golgi is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,908 residents, ranked 146 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Corteno Golgi 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 0.065 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 5.3%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Corteno Golgi declared an average taxable income of 22,000 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Corteno Golgi is in climate zone F, with 3,532 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 925 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Corteno Golgi has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.4% of the land in Corteno Golgi, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.0 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Corteno Golgi 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 no contaminated sites in Corteno Golgi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Corteno Golgi: 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 Corteno Golgi 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 36 inhabited census areas in Corteno Golgi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 75.9%
  • good 23.9%

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 017063. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.