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Livigno: 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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Livigno, a high valley beyond the passes, outside customs

Livigno fills a high Alpine valley at the far northern tip of the province of Sondrio, above eighteen hundred metres and on the Swiss border. It is one of the few parts of Italy whose water does not reach the Mediterranean: the Spöl stream flows into Switzerland and joins the Inn, which leads to the Danube. From Italy the road comes over the Foscagno pass from Bormio; from Switzerland over the Forcola pass or through the Munt la Schera tunnel.

Livigno sits outside the customs area, so many goods, fuel included, cost less than in the rest of Italy. Shops and tourism run in both winter and summer, with ski slopes, hiking and cycling, and in 2026 the valley hosted the snowboard and freestyle events of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. Demand for housing is strong, both from holidaymakers and from people who come to work through the season, and prices show it.

This is a young, growing municipality: 6,807 residents in 2023, up 13.9% on 2011. The average age is 38.0, well below the province (46.8), and over-65s are only 10.3% against 25.3%. Foreign residents make up 9.0%, and declared incomes are above the average for the province of Sondrio.

Livigno is in climate zone F, the coldest: long winters, snow for months and heating on for most of the year. Insulation, windows and the type of heating system weigh heavily on running costs. The municipality is in seismic zone 3, as classified by the Civil Protection department, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.124 g. For a timber and masonry building, it is also worth asking how the snow load on the roof was calculated.

On the valley slopes the report checks landslide hazard for the address, while avalanche risk is shown on the municipality's own maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report can reach the plot.

Key points

  • High valley on the Swiss border, draining towards the Danube.
  • Outside the customs area, tourism in winter and summer.
  • Average age 38.0, over-65s at 10.3%.
  • Population up 13.9% since 2011.

Overview

Livigno is a municipality in the province of Sondrio, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,807 residents, among the most populous in the province (5 of 77).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Livigno 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 0.124 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 grown by 13.9%. The estimated average age is 38 years, lower than the province average (47). 10% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Livigno declared an average taxable income of 25,585 euros, above the provincial average (23,822 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Livigno is in climate zone F, with 4,648 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,816 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Livigno has 7 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 13 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 21 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.

There are 1.9 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.0).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.4% of the land in Livigno, compared with 2.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 12.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Livigno is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 open contaminated sites in Livigno; 7 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Livigno: 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 Livigno 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 29 inhabited census areas in Livigno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 24.4%
  • good 75.6%

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 014037. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.