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Piantedo: 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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Piantedo, the lower Valtellina floor near Lake Como

Piantedo lies on the floor of the lower Valtellina, in the last stretch before the river Adda reaches Lake Como. The village sits between the farmed valley floor and the first slopes of the Orobie Alps, with Colico and the lake a few minutes away and Morbegno and Sondrio further up the valley.

The municipality has grown in recent years: Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,442 residents in 2023, up 9.2% since 2011. The population is young for the province of Sondrio, with an average age of 43.5 against 46.8 and over-65s at 20.7%. Foreign residents make up 9.6%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.

Location explains a lot: people living here can work in the Valtellina, on the upper lake, or head towards Lecco and Milan along the main valley road. Shops and businesses line the valley floor, and the municipality counts 23 recorded services. Most houses are fairly recent, with an older core at the foot of the slope; in climate zone E heating remains a cost worth checking.

Piantedo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class, like 12 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.045 g.

The valley floor is flat and close to the Adda and the streams coming down from the mountains: the report checks the official flood maps for the address and, towards the slopes, the landslide maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report reaches the land parcel.

Key points

  • Lower Valtellina valley floor, near Lake Como.
  • Population up 9.2% since 2011.
  • Average age of 43.5, below the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.045 g.

Overview

Piantedo is a municipality in the province of Sondrio, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,442 residents, ranked 39 of 77 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Piantedo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 13 of 77 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

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 grown by 9.2%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (47). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Piantedo declared an average taxable income of 22,841 euros, in line with the province (23,822 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Piantedo is in climate zone E, with 2,375 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 215 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Piantedo has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 1 green area.

There are 2.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 13.4% of the land in Piantedo, 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

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

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Piantedo: 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 Piantedo 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 13 inhabited census areas in Piantedo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 10.2%
  • good 89.8%

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 014048. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.