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Magasa: 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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Magasa, the Valvestino and an Austrian-style land registry

Magasa is a mountain village in the Valvestino, the wooded valley that lies behind the Brescia shore of Lake Garda. Its houses sit at around a thousand metres among meadows and woods, and climate zone F says a lot on its own: long winters, snow and the heating on for much of the year.

The valley's history still matters to buyers. Until the First World War the Valvestino belonged to Austrian Tyrol, and only later did it become part of the province of Brescia. That past has left the tavolare system: property is recorded, as in Trentino and South Tyrol, in a land book, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish cadastral maps for Magasa. The report says so and, for this municipality, cannot trace an address back to the land parcel. Boundaries, easements and ownership need checking in the land book, with a notary or a surveyor who knows it.

In 2023 there were 102 residents, against 145 in 2011, a fall of 29.7%. The population is very old: the estimated average age is 63.4 and over-65s make up 48.0%, compared with 22.8% across the province. Declared incomes are well below the Brescia average. Shops, schools and surgeries are down in the valley, and the road up to the village is long and winding.

On earthquakes, Magasa is in seismic zone 3, as are 153 of the 205 municipalities in the province, while the rest are in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration is about 0.143 g. With a stone mountain house, ask when the roof and floors were last redone and how they are tied into the walls. Landslides and streams are checked at the address against the official maps.

Key points

  • Village in the Valvestino, in the hills behind Lake Garda.
  • Tavolare land registry: no Revenue Agency cadastral maps.
  • 102 residents in 2023, over-65s at 48.0%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.143 g.

Overview

Magasa is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 102 residents, among the smallest in the province (205 of 205).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Magasa 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 0.143 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 29.7%. The estimated average age is 63 years, higher than the province average (45). 48% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 1.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Magasa declared an average taxable income of 19,080 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Magasa is in climate zone F, with 3,596 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 970 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 Magasa.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.3% of the land in Magasa, 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

Magasa 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 Magasa.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Magasa: 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

For Magasa the Revenue Agency does not publish cadastral maps: the land registry here uses the tavolare (land book) system. The report cannot give a parcel reference, but it still checks risks, services and transport at the address and states this clearly.

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 5 inhabited census areas in Magasa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 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 017098. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.