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Dello: 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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Dello, farmland of the lower Brescia plain and three hamlets

Dello is a farming municipality in the Bassa, the lowland south-west of Brescia, a plain of irrigated fields, farmsteads and livestock farms. Besides the main village it includes the hamlets of Quinzanello, Boldeniga and Corticelle Pieve, small centres separated by open countryside that in many ways keep their own lives. The land is low, at around eighty metres, and flat throughout.

For buyers, the choice is mainly detached houses, terraced villas and small blocks of flats, plus farmsteads to restore out in the fields. If you are looking at an isolated house, bear in mind how close the cowsheds and livestock farms are, as there are many in this part of the province, and check access, utility connections and drainage. The public transport data show no stops in the municipality: for Brescia and for work, people drive.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,656 residents, up 1.4% on 2011. The estimated average age is 43.8, below the province (45.4), and over-65s are 19.4% against 22.8%. Foreign nationals make up 11.2%. Declared incomes are just below the Brescia average.

There is no shortage of schools: 6 sites, 1.06 per 1,000 residents against 0.85 in the province, partly because each hamlet needs its own basic services. For supermarkets and healthcare, though, the municipality is below average, and people rely on the larger towns of the plain.

The province of Brescia is split between two seismic zones in the Civil Protection Department's classification: 52 municipalities in zone 2 and 153 in zone 3. Dello is in zone 3, with an expected acceleration of about 0.138 g. In old farmsteads and courtyard houses built of masonry, have the roof, beams and the ties between walls checked, the parts that give way first in an earthquake. Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are published, and the report traces the land parcel from the address, in the hamlets too.

Key points

  • Farmland south-west of Brescia, with three separate hamlets.
  • Population up 1.4% since 2011, foreign residents 11.2%.
  • Above-average schools: 1.06 per 1,000 residents.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.138 g.

Overview

Dello is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,656 residents, ranked 64 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Dello 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 0.138 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 1.4%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Dello declared an average taxable income of 25,281 euros, in line with the province (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Dello is in climate zone E, with 2,340 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 84 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Dello has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 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 Dello.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 13.5% of the land in Dello, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.0 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Dello 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 Dello. 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 Dello: 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 Dello 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 30 inhabited census areas in Dello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 80.2%
  • good 19.7%

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 017066. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.