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Preseglie: 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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Preseglie, hills of the lower Valle Sabbia

Preseglie is a municipality in the lower Valle Sabbia, in the province of Brescia, on the hills above the Chiese valley floor. The main village sits at around four hundred metres, and the municipality includes a few hamlets spread among woods, meadows and climbing roads.

People living here often work for firms in the valley or drive down to Brescia along the Valle Sabbia road. The village has 12 recorded services, with a few shops for daily needs; for secondary schools and hospitals you have to travel. Homes are mostly detached houses or small blocks of flats, with older stone clusters in the hamlets.

There are 1,460 residents, down 7.4% since 2011. The average age is 46.3 (45.4 for the province) and over-65s make up 26.0%, against 22.8%. Foreign nationals are 6.6%. Average incomes are close to the provincial level.

The figure to bear in mind is the seismic zone. Preseglie is in zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale (the national emergency agency), like 52 municipalities in the province of Brescia, while the other 153 are in zone 3; the expected ground acceleration is 0.151 g. Before buying, ask for the year of construction and the structural paperwork, and in older houses check how walls and floors are tied together.

On the slopes, gradient matters. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, measures elevation and gradient, and gives the cadastral details of the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hills of the lower Valle Sabbia, above the Chiese.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.151 g.
  • 1,460 residents, down 7.4% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 26.0% against 22.8% in the province.

Overview

Preseglie is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,460 residents, ranked 162 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Preseglie 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 0.151 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Preseglie, 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 7.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Preseglie declared an average taxable income of 25,620 euros, in line with the province (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Preseglie is in climate zone E, with 2,771 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 393 metres above sea level.

Services

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

There are 2.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 6.4% of the land in Preseglie, 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

Preseglie 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 Preseglie.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Preseglie: 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 Preseglie 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 14 inhabited census areas in Preseglie. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 017153. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.