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Muscoline: 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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Muscoline, glacial hills between Gavardo and Lake Garda

Muscoline is a municipality of glacial hills in the area between Gavardo and Lake Garda, east of Brescia. It has no single centre: it is made up of hamlets spread among woods, meadows, vineyards and small valleys, with family houses and a few old rural clusters. The lake is a short drive away, as is the Valle Sabbia.

People who choose Muscoline want a house with a garden in green surroundings, within commuting distance of Brescia and the business areas of the Valle Sabbia and southern Garda. Life here depends on the car: there is no station and services are concentrated in nearby towns. The market is detached and terraced houses and restored farm buildings.

The village is growing: 2,692 residents (2023, Istat, Italy's national statistics office), up 5.7% on 2011. The average age of 45.1 is in line with the province (45.4), and 21.1% of residents are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 5.2%. Declared incomes are slightly above the Brescia average.

Muscoline is in seismic zone 2, like 52 of the 205 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.159 g. The Garda and Valle Sabbia area is more seismic than the plain: for a 1970s house or a renovated farm building, ask what structural work has been done.

Hills and small valleys make the ground very varied. The report measures elevation and gradient at the address and checks the official landslide and flood maps.

Key points

  • Scattered hamlets on glacial hills between Gavardo and Lake Garda
  • 2,692 residents, up 5.7% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.159 g
  • No station: services in nearby towns, a car is essential

Overview

Muscoline is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,692 residents, ranked 119 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Muscoline is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 52 of 205 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.159 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Muscoline, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 5.7%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Muscoline declared an average taxable income of 26,833 euros, in line with the province (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Muscoline is in climate zone E, with 2,632 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 272 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Muscoline has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 3 sports facilities.

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 Muscoline.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 13.4% of the land in Muscoline, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Muscoline 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 open contaminated sites in Muscoline; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Muscoline: 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 Muscoline 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 23 inhabited census areas in Muscoline. 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 017116. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.