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Erbusco: 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 Iseo 1, Erbusco.

Erbusco, Franciacorta wine hills between Brescia and Lake Iseo

Erbusco is a wine town. It sits in Franciacorta, the band of hills between Brescia and Lake Iseo that gives its name to one of Italy's best known sparkling wines, and several of the leading producers are based here. The village occupies the last glacial hills before the plain, with vineyards on the slopes and newer housing and small industrial areas lower down, towards the main road and the A4 motorway, which runs just to the south with the Rovato junction close by.

For a buyer the choice is fairly clear. Higher up there are hillside houses, often with gardens and views over the vines; towards the plain there are detached homes and recent small blocks of flats, easier for anyone commuting by car to Brescia or Bergamo. The open data show no public transport stops in the municipality, so a car is almost always needed. There are plenty of places to eat and drink for a town of this size: 8.78 bars and restaurants per 1,000 residents, against 4.95 across the province, a sign of wine tourism.

Istat, the Italian national statistics institute, counted 8,770 residents in 2023, up 5.8% since 2011. The population is younger than the Brescia average: a mean age of 43.8 against 45.4, and 19.4% aged over 65 compared with 22.8% in the province. Foreign residents make up 8.4%, and declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.

Erbusco is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection classification, like 153 municipalities in the province; the other 52 are in zone 2, further east and towards Lake Garda. The expected ground acceleration in the town is about 0.137 g. With restored farmhouses and rural buildings, ask whether the structural work covered floors and roof as well as the finishes.

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Erbusco, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel and reads slope, landslide and flood maps at that exact point.

Key points

  • A Franciacorta wine town between Brescia and Lake Iseo.
  • Population up 5.8% since 2011, mean age 43.8.
  • 8.78 bars and restaurants per 1,000 residents, far above the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.137 g.

Overview

Erbusco is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 8,770 residents, ranked 40 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Erbusco 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 0.137 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 5.8%. 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 8.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Erbusco declared an average taxable income of 27,394 euros, in line with the province (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Erbusco is in climate zone E, with 2,706 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 259 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Erbusco has 7 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 23.2% of the land in Erbusco, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Erbusco 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Erbusco, and 2 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 Erbusco: 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 Erbusco 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 32 inhabited census areas in Erbusco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 41.4%
  • good 58.6%

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 017069. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.