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Carenno: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Lecco, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Carenno, a hillside village in the Valle San Martino

Above Calolziocorte, where the Valle San Martino leaves the Adda and climbs towards the mountains on the border with the province of Bergamo, Carenno is a mid-mountain village with its centre at around 630 metres. Houses line the road that zigzags up from the valley floor, surrounded by meadows, woods and small scattered clusters of buildings.

The valley floor is close: the railway between Lecco and Bergamo runs through Calolziocorte, and Lecco is a short drive away. For people working in the valley or in town, Carenno offers more space and cooler summers, in exchange for a daily climb and colder winters. Homes range from old stone houses in the historic core to detached houses on the slopes, where access, parking and retaining walls deserve a close look.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,392 residents in 2023, down 7.0% on 2011. The average age is 48.1, against 46.6 for the province of Lecco, and over-65s make up 26.4%. Foreign residents account for 4.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Carenno is in seismic zone 3, like 64 of the 84 municipalities in the province; the rest are in zone 4. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.064 g, a low value. In mountain houses the roof, damp and services matter more than earthquakes.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality. The slope of the land and the official landslide maps are shown in the report for each address.

Key points

  • Mid-mountain village above Calolziocorte, Valle San Martino.
  • Lecco-Bergamo railway at Calolziocorte, on the valley floor.
  • Population down 7.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.064 g.

Overview

Carenno is a municipality in the province of Lecco, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,392 residents, ranked 64 of 84 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Carenno is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 84) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.064 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 fallen by 7.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Carenno declared an average taxable income of 24,323 euros, below the provincial average (28,624 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Carenno is in climate zone E, with 2,971 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 635 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Carenno has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.5% of the land in Carenno, compared with 12.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Carenno 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 Carenno.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Carenno: 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 Carenno 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 8 inhabited census areas in Carenno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 3.5%
  • good 96.5%

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 097014. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.