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Premana: 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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Premana, the knife-making village at the top of Valvarrone

At a thousand metres, at the head of the Valvarrone valley, Premana is a compact mountain village, its houses packed together on the slope with pastures and summer grazing higher up. It is known across Italy for making knives, scissors and blades, a craft and industry that employs much of the village. Lake Como, down towards Dervio, and the Valsassina are the ways out; Lecco is reached by car down towards the lake.

Foreign nationals are very few, at 0.9%, and the average age is 45.8, slightly below 46.6 for the province. There were 2,169 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, down 5.2% on 2011. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Lecco.

Buyers have to reckon with the mountains: climate zone F, long cold winters, steep roads and snow. Insulation, the heating system and somewhere to park near the house all matter, since the lanes in the old centre are narrow. The public transport timetables we use show no stops in the municipality, so a car is essential.

Earthquakes are a minor concern: Premana is in seismic zone 4, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.045 g. In the mountains slopes and streams matter more: the report reads the official landslide maps for the address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Mountain village at about a thousand metres, top of Valvarrone.
  • A long tradition of knives and scissors.
  • 0.9% foreign nationals, average age 45.8.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.045 g.

Overview

Premana is a municipality in the province of Lecco, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,169 residents, ranked 52 of 84 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Premana is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 20 of 84 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 fallen by 5.2%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 0.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Premana declared an average taxable income of 24,569 euros, below the provincial average (28,624 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Premana is in climate zone F, with 3,490 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,000 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Premana has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports 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 Premana.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.9% of the land in Premana, 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

Premana 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 contaminated sites in Premana.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Premana: 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 Premana 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 7 inhabited census areas in Premana. 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 097069. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.