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Cino: 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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For example: Via San Giuliano 1, Cino.

Cino, on the Costiera dei Cech in lower Valtellina

On the sunny side of lower Valtellina, above the Adda plain and not far from Morbegno, a row of small villages faces south: this is the Costiera dei Cech, and Cino is one of them, at over five hundred metres. Houses are grouped in clusters among chestnut woods, meadows and terraces, with a road zigzagging up from the valley floor. Morbegno is the reference town for schools, shops and services, and from there Lake Como and the road to Milan are not far.

The south-facing position is the main asset of these slopes, and you feel it in winter: more sun and less fog than on the valley floor. It is still climate zone F, so insulation and heating need careful assessment. Many houses are old stone buildings, sometimes reached only on foot, and the terraces have dry-stone walls that need upkeep. On the slopes the report checks the official landslide maps at the exact address.

In 2023 there were 350 residents, down 6.2% on the 373 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age of 47.1 is close to the 46.8 of the province of Sondrio, and over-65s make up 27.1%. Foreign residents are 2.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For earthquakes the municipality is in zone 4, the lowest on the Civil Protection scale, like 12 other municipalities in the province, while 64 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.048 g. For a stone house the real costs are the roof, damp and the systems.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Cino's cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Costiera dei Cech village, sunny slope above Morbegno.
  • Stone houses and terraces with dry-stone walls.
  • 350 residents, down 6.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.048 g.

Overview

Cino is a municipality in the province of Sondrio, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 350 residents, among the smallest in the province (69 of 77).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cino 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 0.048 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 fallen by 6.2%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cino declared an average taxable income of 20,657 euros, below the provincial average (23,822 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cino is in climate zone F, with 3,004 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 504 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.2 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.0% of the land in Cino, 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

Cino 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 Cino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cino: 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 Cino 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 Cino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 014021. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.