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Sospiro: 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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Sospiro, the Cremona countryside east of the city

Sospiro is a village on the Cremona plain, a few kilometres east of Cremona, in flat countryside of fields, tree rows and farmsteads. The town hall is at around 35 metres. Besides farming, the village is known for the large healthcare and care foundation that has long been based here.

For buyers, Cremona is close for the hospital, schools and the railway station, a short drive away. Homes on offer are village houses with courtyards, detached houses and the odd farmstead to restore, often with more space than you would find in the city. On the plain, watch out for damp in the walls of older houses and for the state of the systems; the climate is zone E, with fog and damp winters.

The village has 3,039 residents in 2023, down 6.1% on 2011. The mean age is 49.5 against 46.8 for the province, and over-65s make up 30.3%, compared with 25.3% across the province. Foreign residents are 9.4%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Every municipality in the province of Cremona is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, and in Sospiro the expected ground acceleration is 0.081 g. The risk is not high, but in old brick buildings and farmsteads it is still worth checking roofs, beams and the links between walls and floors. The Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report adds the official flood maps of the plain for the address.

Key points

  • Cremona plain, a few kilometres east of the city.
  • Home to a large healthcare and care foundation.
  • 3,039 residents, over-65s at 30.3%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.081 g.

Overview

Sospiro is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,039 residents, ranked 27 of 113 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sospiro 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 0.081 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 6.1%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sospiro declared an average taxable income of 22,197 euros, below the provincial average (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sospiro is in climate zone E, with 2,389 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 36 metres above sea level.

Services

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

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.0% of the land in Sospiro, 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

Sospiro 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 Sospiro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sospiro: 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 Sospiro 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 24 inhabited census areas in Sospiro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 26.4%
  • good 73.6%

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 019099. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.