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Morterone: 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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Morterone, hamlets in the Lecco pre-Alps near the Resegone

A single mountain road leads to Morterone, in a valley of the pre-Alps above Lecco near the Resegone, at over a thousand metres. The municipality is made up of small hamlets scattered among meadows and woods, and in summer the footpaths heading from here towards the peaks are busy with walkers.

Isolation is the first thing a buyer needs to weigh. Everything needed day to day, from groceries to school and the doctor, is down in the valley, and in winter the road can be snowy or icy. In return there is a quiet that is hard to find so close to the cities of Lombardy. Houses are stone and timber, often needing work; Morterone is in climate zone F, the coldest band in Italy's heating classification, so insulation and heating need budgeting from the start.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 33 residents in 2023, down 2.9% since 2011. The estimated average age is 50.5, against 46.6 in the province of Lecco, and over-65s make up 33.3%, against 25.2% province-wide. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Morterone is in seismic zone 3, like 64 of the 84 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.058 g. With an old masonry house, ask whether the floors and walls have been strengthened.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel. On pre-Alpine slopes, landslide and avalanche hazards change from one hamlet to the next and are checked on the official maps for the individual house.

Key points

  • Hamlets in a valley of the Lecco pre-Alps, above 1000 metres.
  • 33 residents in 2023, down 2.9% since 2011.
  • Average age 50.5, over-65s at 33.3%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.058 g.

Overview

Morterone is a municipality in the province of Lecco, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 33 residents, among the smallest in the province (84 of 84).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Morterone 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 0.058 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 2.9%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 0.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Morterone declared an average taxable income of 21,652 euros, below the provincial average (28,624 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Morterone is in climate zone F, with 3,592 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,070 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools 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 Morterone.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 2.6% of the land in Morterone, 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

Morterone 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 Morterone.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Morterone: 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 Morterone 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 Morterone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 097055. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.