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Andalo Valtellino: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Sondrio, 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 Roma 1, Andalo Valtellino.

Andalo Valtellino, on the floor of lower Valtellina

In lower Valtellina, where the Adda valley is still wide and flat before narrowing towards Sondrio, Andalo Valtellino covers a stretch of valley floor and the lower mountain slopes, just above two hundred metres. Delebio and Morbegno are close by, and the railway to Lecco and Milan and the main Valtellina road run through them.

For anyone working outside the valley, the location is convenient: Lake Como and the road to Lecco are within driving distance, and the services of Morbegno are a short way off. The village is small and residential, with detached houses and small villas alongside some older buildings in the historic core. Winters on the valley floor are cold and damp, with fog and frost; in summer the valley is warm.

Residents have increased: 590 in 2023, 6.9% more than the 552 of 2011. The average age is 45.4, against 46.8 in the province of Sondrio, and foreign nationals make up 10.5% of residents. Households average 2.41 people.

Andalo Valtellino is in seismic zone 4, the lowest, together with 12 other municipalities in the province; the expected ground acceleration is around 0.047 g. For a house on the valley floor, damp, insulation and the state of the services matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces the address to its land parcel. On a valley floor crossed by the Adda and by streams coming down the slopes, water is the main question: the report checks the official flood and debris-flow maps for the exact location of the house.

Key points

  • Lower Valtellina valley floor, near Delebio and Morbegno.
  • 590 residents, up 6.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest, acceleration around 0.047 g.
  • Flooding and streams to check by address.

Overview

Andalo Valtellino is a municipality in the province of Sondrio, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 590 residents, ranked 60 of 77 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Andalo Valtellino is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 13 of 77 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.047 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 6.9%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Andalo Valtellino declared an average taxable income of 23,294 euros, in line with the province (23,822 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Andalo Valtellino is in climate zone F, with 3,011 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 229 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Andalo Valtellino has 1 school. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 7.0% of the land in Andalo Valtellino, compared with 2.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Andalo Valtellino 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 Andalo Valtellino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Andalo Valtellino: 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 Andalo Valtellino 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 3 inhabited census areas in Andalo Valtellino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.8%
  • good 99.2%

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 014003. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.