Cerro Maggiore: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Milano, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Cerro Maggiore, industrial north-west Milan next to Legnano
Bordering Legnano and sharing its industrial past, Cerro Maggiore is one of the towns of the Alto Milanese, the plain north-west of Milan shaped by decades of textile and engineering works. It also includes the village of Cantalupo, and the A8 motorway to the lakes runs a short distance from the town.
The area is heavily built up, with sheds, detached houses and blocks of flats running right up to the neighbouring towns, and little green space. There is no railway station in the municipality: trains to Milan are caught in Legnano or other nearby towns, which commuters need to factor in.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 15,021 residents in 2023, up 1.9% on 2011: an almost stable figure. In the metropolitan area of Milan, with 133 municipalities, Cerro Maggiore is a little older than average: estimated average age 46.7 against 45.6, over-65s at 25.5% against 23.0%. Foreign residents make up 8.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average, which is pushed up by the city of Milan.
Earthquakes are a distant concern here. Cerro Maggiore is in seismic zone 4, the lowest, like 73 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.040 g. For a flat, the energy rating, service charges and the state of the building matter more.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the plot from the address. Even on such a built-up plain, flood hazard is checked address by address, because heavy storms and small watercourses cause very local problems.
Key points
- Alto Milanese, next to Legnano and close to the A8 motorway.
- No station in town: trains are caught in neighbouring towns.
- Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.040 g.
- Over-65s at 25.5%, above the provincial average.
Overview
Cerro Maggiore is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 15,021 residents, ranked 43 of 133 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cerro Maggiore is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.040 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 1.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cerro Maggiore declared an average taxable income of 27,671 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Cerro Maggiore is in climate zone E, with 2,459 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 205 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cerro Maggiore has 9 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 11 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.4 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
Public transport
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Cerro Maggiore.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 40.2% of the land in Cerro Maggiore, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Cerro Maggiore 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Cerro Maggiore, and 3 more have 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 Cerro Maggiore: 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 Cerro Maggiore 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 Cerro Maggiore. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 30.6%
- good 69.4%
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): ATM Milano, Comune di Milano - AMAT, orari del trasporto pubblico ATM (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261029.
- 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 015072. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.