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Orsenigo: what to know before buying a home

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

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Orsenigo, a hill village in the Como side of Brianza

Orsenigo is a residential municipality in the Brianza area of the province of Como, on the glacial hills between Como, Cantù and Erba. It is a place of detached houses, small villas and low blocks of flats, with a few older courtyard houses in the historic core and a network of provincial roads that reach the nearby towns in a few minutes. That is where most jobs, secondary schools and shops are.

Daily life here depends on the car. For Como and Milan people use the provincial roads and then the Brianza expressways, and anyone who takes the train usually does so from stations in neighbouring towns. Buyers therefore look mainly at where a house sits in relation to the main roads: homes on the through routes get more traffic, those on side streets are quieter. Land take is high for a place of this size, a sign of how built-up the area is.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,637 residents in 2023, down 4.4% since 2011. The average age of 46.6 is close to the 46.3 of the province, and 23.5% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 4.4%. Declared incomes are above the average for the province of Como.

Orsenigo is in seismic zone 4, like 146 other municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of 0.045 g. Earthquake risk counts for little; in villas from the 1970s and 1980s insulation, windows and the heating system matter more, since they decide the energy rating. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report works from the address to the land parcel and the official maps for that spot.

Key points

  • Residential village between Como, Cantù and Erba
  • 2,637 residents, down 4.4% since 2011
  • Incomes above the average for the province of Como
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.045 g

Overview

Orsenigo is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,637 residents, ranked 70 of 147 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Orsenigo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 147 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.045 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 4.4%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Orsenigo declared an average taxable income of 28,464 euros, above the provincial average (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Orsenigo is in climate zone E, with 2,623 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 390 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Orsenigo has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 healthcare facilities and 2 sports facilities.

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 Orsenigo.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 23.9% of the land in Orsenigo, compared with 12.3% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Orsenigo 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 open contaminated sites in Orsenigo; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Orsenigo: 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 Orsenigo 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 19 inhabited census areas in Orsenigo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 17.1%
  • good 82.9%

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 013170. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.