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Serle: 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 Castello 1, Serle.

Serle, the Cariadeghe plateau above Brescia

Serle is in the hills east of Brescia, in a green basin below the Cariadeghe plateau, a limestone area of meadows and woods popular with walkers. The main village is at around 500 metres and the municipality is made up of several hamlets spread over the slopes. The city is a drive down to the plain, and many residents work there every day.

The typical home is a detached or single-family house with a garden, alongside old farmhouses and stone houses in the hamlets. Roads climb and dip, and buyers should look at how the house is reached, how much sun it gets and how far it is from services, all of which the report measures from the address. Winters are cooler than in the city (climate zone E).

The population has hardly changed since 2011: 3,085 residents in 2023, down 0.2%. The average age is 46.5, close to the provincial 45.4, with over-65s at 24.9% and foreign residents at 4.5%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Serle is in seismic zone 2, like 51 other municipalities in the province of Brescia. Expected ground acceleration is 0.156 g; for stone houses or those built before recent standards, ask how the roof and walls were dealt with during renovation.

The report uses the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps to identify the plot and checks the official landslide and flood maps for that spot.

Key points

  • Hills east of Brescia, below the Cariadeghe plateau
  • 3,085 residents, almost unchanged since 2011
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.156 g
  • Scattered hamlets: access, sunlight, distance to services

Overview

Serle is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,085 residents, ranked 113 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Serle 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 0.156 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Serle, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Serle declared an average taxable income of 22,853 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Serle is in climate zone E, with 2,919 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 496 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Serle has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 green area.

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 Serle.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 12.7% of the land in Serle, 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

Serle 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 Serle.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Serle: 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 Serle 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 16 inhabited census areas in Serle. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 017178. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.