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Milzano: 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 Cesare Battisti 1, Milzano.

Milzano, farmland and farmsteads south of Brescia

Milzano lies in the Bassa Bresciana, the farming plain south of Brescia, where villages are small and separated by cultivated fields, irrigation channels and old farmsteads. Brescia remains the reference point for work, hospitals and secondary schools, and for daily journeys a car is almost always needed.

Buyers here mostly find detached houses, terraced homes built in recent decades and the occasional farmstead in need of renovation. With a rural property it is worth checking the permitted use of the farm buildings, the state of the roofs and whether the house is connected to mains water and sewerage, which in the countryside cannot be taken for granted. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,726 residents in 2023, down 4.1% on the 1,799 of the 2011 census. The population is slightly younger than the Brescia average: an average age of 44.3 against 45.4, with over-65s at 20.0%. Foreign residents make up 12.9% and households have 2.49 members on average.

For earthquakes the province is split: 52 municipalities are in zone 2 and 153 in zone 3. Milzano is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.109 g. For a masonry house from the 1960s or 1970s, ask whether any work has been done on the floors and roof.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps for Milzano, so the report finds the land parcel from the address and checks the official flood maps for that exact point, which on the plain can change from one field to the next.

Key points

  • Farming village in the plain south of Brescia.
  • Residents down 4.1% since 2011, foreign residents at 12.9%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.109 g.
  • Cadastral maps published; flood maps checked by address.

Overview

Milzano is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,726 residents, ranked 152 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Milzano 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 0.109 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 4.1%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Milzano declared an average taxable income of 23,035 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Milzano is in climate zone E, with 2,275 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 49 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Milzano has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 10.4% of the land in Milzano, 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

Milzano 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 Milzano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Milzano: 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 Milzano 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 9 inhabited census areas in Milzano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 4.7%
  • good 95.3%

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 017108. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.