Torbole Casaglia: 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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Torbole Casaglia, two villages in one municipality west of Brescia
The name tells you how the municipality works: Torbole and Casaglia are two separate villages under a single council, on the plain west of Brescia, near Travagliato and Roncadelle. Around them are irrigated fields, farmsteads and industrial areas, and the city is only a few kilometres away. The centre stands at about one hundred and fifteen metres above sea level.
If you are buying, work out straight away which of the two villages, or which farmstead, the house belongs to, since distances to schools, shops and bus stops differ. Overture Maps records 43 services, with 0.16 supermarkets per 1,000 residents against 0.51 in the province, so some of the shopping is done at the retail parks around Brescia. There is no railway station in the municipality.
There were 6,449 residents in 2023, up 1.2% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is young: over-65s make up 19.5% against 22.8% in the province, the average age is 43.9, and households have 2.42 people on average. Foreign residents account for 11.1%. Average incomes are below the provincial average.
In the province of Brescia, 52 municipalities are in seismic zone 2, mostly towards Lake Garda and the valleys. Torbole Casaglia is among the 153 in zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale of 1 (highest) to 4, but its expected ground acceleration of about 0.144 g is not negligible. For a masonry house or a converted farm building, ask about the design year and any structural work.
The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps, and the report identifies the land parcel from the address. Irrigation ditches and canals cross the countryside, so flood risk should be checked plot by plot.
Key points
- Two villages, Torbole and Casaglia, on the plain west of Brescia.
- 6,449 residents, up 1.2% since 2011.
- Over-65s at 19.5%, against 22.8% in the province.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.144 g.
Overview
Torbole Casaglia is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,449 residents, ranked 60 of 205 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Torbole Casaglia 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 0.144 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 grown by 1.2%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Torbole Casaglia declared an average taxable income of 24,466 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Torbole Casaglia is in climate zone E, with 2,410 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 114 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Torbole Casaglia has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility and 4 sports facilities.
There are 0.2 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 Torbole Casaglia.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 20.1% of the land in Torbole Casaglia, 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
Torbole Casaglia 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 Torbole Casaglia.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Torbole Casaglia: 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 Torbole Casaglia 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 21 inhabited census areas in Torbole Casaglia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 54.3%
- good 45.7%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 017186. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.