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Irma: 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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Irma, a small village on the slopes of the Val Trompia

The Val Trompia, the valley of the river Mella north of Brescia, has a long history of iron mining and metalworking that still shapes the factories on the valley floor. Irma sits higher up, on the hillside above eight hundred metres: a very small village of closely gathered stone houses with woods all around. The climate is zone F, with cold winters.

For buyers, the most useful practical point is the closeness of the valley's industrial areas: work is found down on the valley floor, and Brescia is a drive down the valley. Services in the village are few, so for shopping, schools and doctors people go down to the larger towns. Stone houses should be assessed for the roof, insulation and heating, which weighs on running costs in the mountains.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 129 residents in 2023, 12.2% fewer than the 147 of 2011. The average age is 48.8, against 45.4 in the province of Brescia, and over-65s make up 31.0%. Households average 1.98 people. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The province of Brescia has two seismic zones in the national classification: 52 municipalities are in zone 2 and 153 in zone 3. Irma is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.128 g. For an old masonry house it is still worth knowing whether, and how, structural work has been done.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps. On the valley slopes the report measures the gradient at the house and checks the official landslide and watercourse maps.

Key points

  • Small village on the Val Trompia slopes, above eight hundred metres.
  • 129 residents in 2023, down 12.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.128 g.
  • Work on the valley floor, Brescia a drive down the valley.

Overview

Irma is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 129 residents, among the smallest in the province (204 of 205).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Irma 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 0.128 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 12.2%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (45). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 0.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Irma declared an average taxable income of 21,584 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Irma is in climate zone F, with 3,360 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 805 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 2.6% of the land in Irma, 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

Irma 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 no contaminated sites in Irma.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Irma: 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 Irma 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 4 inhabited census areas in Irma. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 017084. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.