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Cusino: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Como, 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, Cusino.

Cusino, in the Val Cavargna above Lake Lugano

The Val Cavargna runs down from the mountains on the Swiss border towards Porlezza and Lake Lugano, and Cusino occupies its lower part, with the centre at about eight hundred metres. Houses are grouped in the old core and a few hamlets on the hillside, among meadows, woods and mountain huts. It is a mountain place far from the cities: for shopping, schools and services people drive down towards the lake, and for the hospital and offices they look to Como or Menaggio.

The property market is very small: stone village houses, often needing work, rustic buildings and second homes owned by people who moved away and return in summer. In climate zone F winters are long and snowy, so insulation, the heating system and road access count more than anything else. Average declared incomes are much lower than the provincial average.

The village has lost few residents: in 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 235, against 238 in 2011, a fall of 1.3%. The estimated average age is 49.0, against 46.3 in the province of Como, and over-65s make up 28.1%. Foreign residents account for 4.3%.

Like all 147 municipalities in the province of Como, Cusino is in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection scale, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.039 g. In a mountain valley the thing to check is slope stability: the report measures the gradient at the address and checks the official maps of landslides and torrents. Cadastral maps are the ones published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).

Key points

  • Village in the Val Cavargna, the valley running down to Lake Lugano.
  • 235 residents, down 1.3% since 2011.
  • Average age 49.0; over-65s at 28.1%.
  • All 147 Como municipalities in seismic zone 4.

Overview

Cusino is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 235 residents, among the smallest in the province (140 of 147).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cusino is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 147 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.039 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 1.3%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cusino declared an average taxable income of 15,013 euros, below the provincial average (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cusino is in climate zone F, with 3,206 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 800 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.7% of the land in Cusino, compared with 12.3% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cusino 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 Cusino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cusino: 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 Cusino 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 Cusino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 013085. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.