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Villa Carcina: 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 Cesare Scaluggia 1, Villa Carcina.

Villa Carcina, factories and homes along the Mella in Val Trompia

Heading up the Val Trompia from Brescia, past Concesio, you reach Villa Carcina. The valley floor is narrow, the river Mella runs beside the road and wooded slopes climb on both sides. The municipality is made up of several hamlets, including Villa, Carcina, Cailina and Cogozzo, which grew around the engineering and metalworking plants that have shaped this valley for more than a century.

Housing is concentrated on the valley floor and the lower slopes: blocks of flats from the 1960s and 1970s, old workers' houses and newer villas part way up the hillside. Brescia is close, but traffic on the valley road is part of the daily commute. Higher up you gain sun and quiet, though roads are narrow and steep, and in winter the valley floor stays in shadow for many hours.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,700 residents in 2023, down 0.5% on 2011, so broadly stable. The estimated average age, 45.5, matches the province, but over-65s make up 24.8%, above the provincial 22.8%. Foreign residents account for 10.9%, in line with an industrial area. Few services are recorded, 3 supermarkets and 1 healthcare facility, so for many needs people go down to Brescia.

The lower Val Trompia is in seismic zone 3, like 152 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.144 g. For a block from the building boom years, ask when it was designed, what state the concrete and steel are in, and which condominium works have already been approved.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. In a narrow valley the two things to watch are flooding from the Mella and its side streams, and landslides on the slopes; the report checks both at the exact spot.

Key points

  • Lower Val Trompia along the Mella, with a long metalworking tradition.
  • Over-65s at 24.8%, above 22.8% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.144 g.
  • Valley floor and slopes: check flooding and landslides by address.

Overview

Villa Carcina is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 10,700 residents, ranked 31 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villa Carcina 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villa Carcina declared an average taxable income of 25,798 euros, in line with the province (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Villa Carcina is in climate zone E, with 2,554 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 241 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Villa Carcina has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 6 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.1 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 Villa Carcina.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 15.2% of the land in Villa Carcina, 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

Villa Carcina 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 4 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Villa Carcina, and one more has 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 Villa Carcina: 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 Villa Carcina 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 30 inhabited census areas in Villa Carcina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.0%
  • fair 8.5%
  • good 91.5%

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 017199. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.