All things you need to know about living in Magasa
Magasa, in the province of Brescia, is home to 1 Germans: 0.98% of its 102 residents.
ISTAT counts 1 residents with a foreign citizenship in Magasa, 0.98% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is Germans (1).
That puts Magasa in the bottom ten percent of Italian comuni for foreign residents. Anyone moving here should expect to be unusual.
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Brescia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for life expectancy at birth and hospital beds in high-care wards.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported and PM10 Annual average concentration.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 22.4°C (72°F) and winters a low of -3.0°C (27°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Magasa sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,471mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 187 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Germans in Magasa rose from 0 to 1.
ISTAT's census data puts 2.0% of Magasa's population as born outside Italy: 1.0% outside the EU and 1.0% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this by specific country at comune level, so it does not line up with the citizenship figures above.
Magasa population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 0.98% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Romania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 100 | 98.04% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 1 | 0.98% |
| Born outside the EU | 1 | 0.98% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Brescia
Full BES profile for Brescia →Brescia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Seismic zone
Magasa is in seismic zone 3. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 3 as a zone where strong earthquakes are less likely than in zones 1 and 2.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
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Nearest hospital: Casa di Cura Villa Gemma-Gardone Riv, about 36.8 km / 43 minutes by road from Magasa (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Civile La Memoria di Gavardo (Pronto Soccorso), about 52.8 km / 48 minutes by road from Magasa (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Fondazione Poliambulanza - Brescia (DEA level II), about 77.6 km / 65 minutes by road from Magasa (the main town).
Nearest airport: Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN), about 119.5 km / 89 minutes by road from Magasa (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Jolly Market, about 23.2 km / 22 minutes by road from Magasa (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia S. Anna Snc, about 24.9 km / 24 minutes by road from Magasa (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Ponte San Marco - Calcinato, about 73.5 km / 64 minutes by road from Magasa (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Magasa, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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