Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Pralboino: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Brescia, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Pralboino

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 Dante Alighieri 1, Pralboino.

Pralboino, farmland in the lower Brescia plain

Pralboino is a village in the Bassa Bresciana, the farming plain south of Brescia towards the province of Cremona. The landscape is typical irrigated Lombard countryside: fields of maize and fodder, livestock farms, farmsteads and canals. The centre keeps an old core with the parish church and the noble palace, surrounded by areas of detached and newer houses.

The population has a large foreign-born share: 16.1% of residents. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,813 residents (2023), down 3.4% since 2011. The average age is 45.6, practically the same as the provincial 45.4, and households have 2.43 members on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Buyers find detached and terraced houses and flats in small blocks, as well as farmsteads and courtyard houses to renovate. The public transport data show no stops in the municipality, so a car is needed for work and secondary schools. Winter brings the fog and cold of the Po plain, in climate zone E, and a home's energy efficiency weighs on running costs.

The province of Brescia is split between seismic zone 2 (52 municipalities) and zone 3 (153). Pralboino is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.108 g. In old farmsteads, have the walls and roofs checked before any work.

In countryside crossed by canals, the report checks the official flood maps for the address, and adds the price band, cadastral data and the nearest services.

Key points

  • Bassa Bresciana, south of Brescia towards Cremona
  • Foreign residents at 16.1%
  • 2,813 residents, down 3.4% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.108 g

Overview

Pralboino is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,813 residents, ranked 115 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pralboino 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 0.108 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 3.4%. 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 16.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pralboino declared an average taxable income of 23,673 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pralboino 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 47 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pralboino has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 10.3% of the land in Pralboino, 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

Pralboino 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 Pralboino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pralboino: 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 Pralboino 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 19 inhabited census areas in Pralboino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 79.6%
  • good 20.4%

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 017152. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.