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Monte Cremasco: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Cremona, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 1, Monte Cremasco.

Monte Cremasco, a farming village near Crema

Despite the name, there is no mountain at Monte Cremasco. The village is on the open plain at about eighty metres, in the farmland that surrounds Crema. Maize fields, irrigation channels and farmsteads frame a small, compact centre that has grown in recent decades with estates of small houses.

For buyers the reference point is Crema, close by, with secondary schools, a hospital and a railway station. Many residents work there or towards Lodi and the Milan area, travelling by car. Homes on offer are terraced houses, semi-detached houses and flats in small blocks, plus the odd farmhouse to restore. On the plain the thing to watch is the water table, so check cellars and basement rooms for damp.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 2,260 residents in 2023, down 4.1% on 2011. The average age of 45.1 is a little below the 46.8 of the province of Cremona, and over-65s are 23.1%. Foreign residents make up 9.1%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average. Winters are typical of the Po plain, cold and foggy (climate zone E).

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the scale kept by the Protezione Civile (Civil Protection Department), like 112 other municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of 0.079 g. For a masonry building a few decades old, it is still worth asking a surveyor about the structure.

The official flood maps for the address, useful near channels and ditches, are in the report on the individual property.

Key points

  • Farming village on the plain near Crema.
  • 2,260 residents, down 4.1% since 2011.
  • Average age 45.1, below 46.8 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.079 g.

Overview

Monte Cremasco is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,260 residents, ranked 37 of 113 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Monte Cremasco is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 113 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.079 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 4.1%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Monte Cremasco declared an average taxable income of 25,958 euros, in line with the province (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Monte Cremasco is in climate zone E, with 2,557 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 84 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Monte Cremasco has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility.

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 Monte Cremasco.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 27.7% of the land in Monte Cremasco, compared with 10.6% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Monte Cremasco is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. 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 Monte Cremasco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Monte Cremasco: 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 Monte Cremasco 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 10 inhabited census areas in Monte Cremasco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.0%
  • fair 45.2%
  • good 53.7%

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 019058. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.