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Delebio: 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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Delebio, lower Valtellina at the foot of the Orobie

Delebio stands at the entrance to the Valtellina, on the Adda plain just upstream of Lake Como, at the foot of the Orobie mountains. Colico and the top of the lake are close, and Morbegno is a little further up the valley. The valley floor here is wide and flat, and the village has grown between the main road, the railway and the first slopes of the mountains.

The village is growing: 3,315 residents in 2023, up 4.5% on 2011. It is younger than the province, with an average age of 44.8 against 46.8 and over-65s at 23.8%. Foreign residents make up 17.4%, a high share for the Valtellina. Average declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

For anyone working outside the valley the location is convenient: Lecco and Milan are reached along the main road and the lake, and the village has a station on the Valtellina railway line. The open public transport data list 1 stop and 2 routes, 1 of them by rail. The market offers detached houses, flats in recent blocks and old houses in the historic core.

Seismic hazard is very low: Delebio is in zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like 12 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.046 g. For houses on the plain and at the foot of the slopes, the report checks the official flood and landslide maps for the address. The climate is zone F, the coldest in the Italian heating classification, with cold, damp winters on the plain.

Key points

  • Entrance to the Valtellina, close to Lake Como.
  • Residents up 4.5% since 2011.
  • Railway station, 2 routes in the open data.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.046 g.

Overview

Delebio is a municipality in the province of Sondrio, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,315 residents, ranked 16 of 77 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Delebio 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 0.046 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 4.5%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 17.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Delebio declared an average taxable income of 22,918 euros, in line with the province (23,822 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Delebio is in climate zone F, with 3,001 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 218 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Delebio has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 3 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.3 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (1.0).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops, served by 1 bus line, 1 train line. That is about 0.3 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.9% of the land in Delebio, 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

Delebio 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 Delebio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Delebio: 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 Delebio 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 17 inhabited census areas in Delebio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 22.0%
  • good 78.0%

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 014026. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.