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Gardone Val Trompia: 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 Giacomo Matteotti 1, Gardone Val Trompia.

Gardone Val Trompia, gunmakers and workshops along the Mella

Firearms have been made in Gardone Val Trompia for centuries: it is the home of Beretta, one of the oldest gunmakers in the world, and around it a cluster of workshops and small engineering and metalworking firms has grown up. The town fills the floor of the Val Trompia, the valley of the Mella river north of Brescia, with wooded slopes rising straight up on either side.

The shape of the valley decides a lot. Homes are squeezed between the river, the valley road and the slopes, and factories and houses often stand close together. People who want more light and a view move up to the hamlets on the hillside, but should expect steep roads and, on some slopes, winters with only a few hours of sun. There is no station or railway in the town: Brescia is reached by car or by the buses running down the valley.

There were 11,396 residents in 2023, down 2.6% since 2011. The estimated average age of 45.7 is close to the province's, but there are slightly more over-65s: 24.4% against 22.8%. Foreign residents make up 14.5%. Declared incomes are a little below the Brescia average.

The province of Brescia has 52 municipalities in seismic zone 2 and 153 in zone 3. Gardone is in zone 3, but its expected ground acceleration of about 0.139 g is among the highest in that class. For a masonry building or one built before the 1980s, ask about structural checks and any work done.

In a narrow valley the hazards sit within a few metres of each other. Along the Mella and the side streams there can be floods and debris flows; on the slopes, landslides and falling rocks. The report checks them for the individual address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Home of Beretta, on the Mella valley floor north of Brescia.
  • No railway: Brescia by car or bus.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.139 g.
  • Foreign residents 14.5%; population down 2.6% since 2011.

Overview

Gardone Val Trompia is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 11,396 residents, ranked 27 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gardone Val Trompia 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 0.139 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 2.6%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 14.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gardone Val Trompia declared an average taxable income of 24,993 euros, in line with the province (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Gardone Val Trompia is in climate zone E, with 2,704 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 332 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Gardone Val Trompia has 11 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities, 9 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 7.4% of the land in Gardone Val Trompia, 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

Gardone Val Trompia is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 7 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Gardone Val Trompia. 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 Gardone Val Trompia: 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 Gardone Val Trompia 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 42 inhabited census areas in Gardone Val Trompia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 28.5%
  • good 71.5%

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 017075. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.