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Erve: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Lecco, 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 Cereda 1, Erve.

Erve, at the foot of the Resegone

Above the village rise the cliffs of the Resegone, the saw-toothed mountain that forms the backdrop to Lecco, and Erve is one of the starting points for the paths that climb it. The municipality lies in a small side valley at around 560 metres, with its houses gathered in the village and a few homes scattered over the meadows and along the edge of the woods. It is a quiet place that gets walkers in summer and at weekends.

For work, people drive down to the valley floor and on to Lecco, on a mountain road that needs care in winter. Buyers will find stone houses in the old core, detached homes built in recent decades and a few second homes. Sun exposure, insulation and heating costs matter a lot, because winter makes itself felt in a narrow valley. The report measures elevation and slope at the address and checks the official landslide and flood maps, useful along the stream and below the slopes.

There were 674 residents in 2023, down 11.8% on the 764 of 2011. The estimated average age is 48.5, against 46.6 in the province of Lecco, and over-65s make up 26.6%. Foreign residents are 2.1%. Average declared income is below the provincial average.

Erve is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, along with 63 other municipalities in the province, while 20 are in zone 4; expected acceleration in the village is about 0.061 g. The hazard is moderate, and with a stone house the main thing to ask is when the roof and floors were last redone.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Erve, and the report links the address to the land parcel and the building.

Key points

  • Small valley village at the foot of the Resegone.
  • 674 residents, down 11.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.061 g.
  • Landslides and flooding along the stream checked by address.

Overview

Erve is a municipality in the province of Lecco, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 674 residents, ranked 73 of 84 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Erve is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 84) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.061 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 11.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (47). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Erve declared an average taxable income of 26,109 euros, below the provincial average (28,624 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Erve is in climate zone E, with 2,863 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 559 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Erve has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 3.2% of the land in Erve, compared with 12.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Erve 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 Erve.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Erve: 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 Erve 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 4 inhabited census areas in Erve. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 80.5%
  • good 19.5%

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 097034. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.