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Losine: 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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Losine, a small village in the middle Val Camonica

In the middle stretch of Val Camonica, where the river Oglio runs between high, steep mountains, Losine takes up a piece of valley floor and the slopes rising above the village. It is a small municipality that looks to the larger valley towns for work and services, starting with Breno and, further south, Darfo Boario Terme.

Unlike many mountain villages, Losine has gained residents: 626 in 2023, up 5.9% on the 591 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics institute. The average age is 46.3, a little above the 45.4 of the province of Brescia, and over-65s make up 23.8%. Foreign residents account for 8.3% and households average 2.16 people. Average declared income is in line with the provincial level.

Homes for sale are mostly buildings in the old core, with more recent detached houses on the edges. In an Alpine valley location matters a great deal: how far you are from the river and the side streams, the slope behind the house, how much winter sun it gets. The official landslide and flood maps are read in the report for the individual address, not as an average for the municipality.

Earthquake hazard is moderate. Losine is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 153 municipalities in the province, while 52 others around Brescia are in zone 2. Expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.072 g. With an older building, ask whether any structural work has been done and keep the paperwork.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can link an address to its land parcel and building.

Key points

  • Valley-floor village in the middle Val Camonica, on the Oglio.
  • 626 residents, up 5.9% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents at 8.3%, average age 46.3.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.072 g.

Overview

Losine is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 626 residents, among the smallest in the province (189 of 205).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Losine 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 0.072 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 5.9%. 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 8.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Losine declared an average taxable income of 25,653 euros, in line with the province (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Losine is in climate zone E, with 2,768 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 391 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Losine has 1 school.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.6% of the land in Losine, 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

Losine 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 Losine.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Losine: 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 Losine 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 7 inhabited census areas in Losine. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 95.4%
  • good 4.6%

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 017094. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.