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Fusine: 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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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 Predane 1, Fusine.

Fusine, on the shady side of the Valtellina

Fusine lies on the Orobie side of the Valtellina, the north-facing side, where the Adda valley floor meets the mouth of the Val Madre. The village is below three hundred metres, but the municipality climbs the side valley into the mountains, with summer pastures, woods and huts.

Orientation is the first thing to understand: on the Orobie side the winter sun shines for fewer hours than on the opposite slope, and climate zone F means heating costs need budgeting for. For work, secondary schools and the hospital people rely on Sondrio and the towns of the valley floor, linked by the main road and the railway that run along the valley. Pharmacies on the Ministry of Health lists come to 1.81 per 1,000 residents, against 0.44 in the province.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 551 residents in 2023, 60 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 9.8%. The average age is 49.6, compared with 46.8 in the province of Sondrio, and over-65s make up 27.0%. Foreign nationals account for 6.2%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average, slightly above it.

The province of Sondrio is split between seismic zones 3 and 4: Fusine is in zone 3 with 63 other municipalities, and the expected acceleration is about 0.066 g. More than earthquakes, what matters here are the streams coming down the side valleys and landslides on steep slopes.

The report checks these hazards on the official maps for the individual address, useful both for a house near the stream and for a hut higher up. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality and link the address to the plot.

Key points

  • On the Orobie side of the Valtellina, at the mouth of the Val Madre.
  • Residents down 9.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.066 g.
  • Streams and steep slopes: hazards checked by address.

Overview

Fusine is a municipality in the province of Sondrio, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 551 residents, ranked 62 of 77 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fusine is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 77) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.066 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 9.8%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fusine declared an average taxable income of 24,239 euros, in line with the province (23,822 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fusine is in climate zone F, with 3,064 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 285 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fusine has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.1% of the land in Fusine, 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

Fusine 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 Fusine.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Fusine: 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 Fusine 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 6 inhabited census areas in Fusine. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 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 014030. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.