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Nave: 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 Brescia 2, Nave.

Nave, the Garza valley north-east of Brescia

Leaving Brescia for the Valle Sabbia and Lake Idro, you drive through Nave, which stretches along the valley of the Garza stream between wooded slopes. It has an industrial tradition, with steelworks and engineering firms that have employed generations of local families and still mark the valley floor, alongside the residential areas.

Homes are split between the valley floor, with blocks of flats from the 1960s and 1970s, detached and terraced houses, and the higher slopes, with isolated houses and old stone hamlets. Brescia is only a few kilometres away, but the valley road is very busy, lorries included, and journey times stretch at rush hour. People looking for quiet usually choose the side areas, away from the main road and the plants.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,615 residents in 2023, down 3.1% since 2011. Nave is older than the Brescia average, with an estimated average age of 47.5 against 45.4 and over-65s at 25.5% against 22.8%. Households average 2.26 people and foreign residents make up 6.4%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average. Recorded services include 8 schools and 4 pharmacies.

The valley belongs to the eastern band of the province classed as seismic zone 2, which covers 52 municipalities, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.150 g. For a block from the building boom years, ask when it was designed and whether the owners' meeting has approved any work on the structure or facades.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. The Garza and its small side streams can swell in heavy rain, and the slopes are prone to landslides; both are checked for the exact address.

Key points

  • Garza valley, steelmaking tradition, a few kilometres from Brescia.
  • Over-65s at 25.5%, above 22.8% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.150 g.
  • Heavy traffic on the valley road at rush hour.

Overview

Nave is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 10,615 residents, ranked 32 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Nave 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 0.150 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Nave, 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 fallen by 3.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (45). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Nave declared an average taxable income of 25,951 euros, in line with the province (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Nave is in climate zone E, with 2,547 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 236 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Nave has 8 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 11.9% of the land in Nave, 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

Nave 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Nave, and 8 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Nave: 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 Nave 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 27 inhabited census areas in Nave. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 55.6%
  • good 44.4%

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 017117. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.