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Crosio della Valle: what to know before buying a home

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

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Crosio della Valle, a small commuter village near Varese

Crosio della Valle is a small residential municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardy, in an area of low hills where villages sit close together and houses alternate with meadows and woods. The town hall is at around 320 metres. Varese, the provincial capital, is within easy driving distance, and many residents work in the Varese area or around Milan.

The village has grown. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 637 residents, up 4.3% on 2011. The average age is 46.3, just under the 46.5 of the province, with over-65s at 25.0% and households of 2.32 people on average. Average declared income is slightly above the provincial level.

The market is mainly detached and semi-detached houses and small apartment buildings, next to the old core with its courtyards and stone houses. There are few services in the village, so for big shopping trips, schools and specialist doctors people go to neighbouring towns: buyers should count on at least one car per household. A good share of the land is built up, so between one house and another it pays to look at aspect, noise and how close the through roads are.

Earthquakes matter little here. All 136 municipalities in the province of Varese are in seismic zone 4 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, the lowest, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.038 g. In houses from the 1970s and 1980s, insulation, windows and heating systems weigh more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report traces the address to the plot, with the official landslide and flood maps for that point.

Key points

  • Residential hill village in the province of Varese.
  • 637 residents, up 4.3% since 2011.
  • Average age 46.3, households of 2.32 people.
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole province of Varese.

Overview

Crosio della Valle is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 637 residents, among the smallest in the province (128 of 136).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Crosio della Valle is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 136 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 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 4.3%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Crosio della Valle declared an average taxable income of 27,678 euros, in line with the province (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Crosio della Valle is in climate zone E, with 2,589 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 322 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 25.8% of the land in Crosio della Valle, compared with 21.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Crosio della Valle 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 Crosio della Valle.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Crosio della Valle: 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 Crosio della Valle 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 5 inhabited census areas in Crosio della Valle. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 6.3%
  • good 93.7%

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 012057. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.