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Spino d'Adda: 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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Spino d'Adda, on the Adda along the road to Milan

Coming from Milan along the Paullese road, Spino d'Adda is the first municipality you reach in the province of Cremona: the road crosses the river Adda right here, and the far bank already belongs to the Lodi area. The town lies in the irrigated farmland around Crema, which is not far away, and the strip along the river is part of the Adda Sud park, with woods, old river channels and fields.

Many residents work in and around Milan, about thirty kilometres away. There is no railway, so the link is the Paullese, busy at rush hour, plus regional buses. If you are buying with a daily commute in mind, try the journey at the time you would actually make it. The town mixes an old farming core, with its cascine (traditional farmsteads), and neighbourhoods of detached houses and small blocks of flats that grew as families moved out from Milan. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average, slightly above it.

The growth shows in the figures. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 7,003 residents in 2023, up 2.2% since 2011, ranking number 9 among the 113 municipalities of the province. The average age is 44.9 against 46.8 for the province, and over-65s are 21.8%, compared with 25.3% in the province and 23.5% across Lombardy. Foreign residents make up 12.9%. Shops and services are those of a small town: 6 supermarkets, 2 pharmacies and few places to eat out, with Crema covering the rest.

Earthquakes are a minor concern. Every municipality in the province is in seismic zone 3, as classified by the Civil Protection Department, and the expected ground acceleration here is about 0.072 g. For a house from the seventies or a recent one alike, energy rating, roof and the state of the heating and wiring matter more, especially as climate zone E brings cold, damp winters.

Water deserves more attention. Low-lying land near the Adda and the irrigation channels that cross the fields can be reached by floods, and the report checks the official maps for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report can trace an address to its plot.

Key points

  • On the Adda, the first Cremona municipality along the Paullese from Milan.
  • Residents up 2.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.072 g.
  • No railway: Milan is reached by road.

Overview

Spino d'Adda is a municipality in the province of Cremona, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 7,003 residents, among the most populous in the province (9 of 113).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Spino d'Adda 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 0.072 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 grown by 2.2%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Spino d'Adda declared an average taxable income of 26,624 euros, in line with the province (26,376 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Spino d'Adda is in climate zone E, with 2,557 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 84 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Spino d'Adda has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities and 4 sports facilities.

There are 0.4 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.9).

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Spino d'Adda.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 14.6% of the land in Spino d'Adda, 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

Spino d'Adda 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 Spino d'Adda; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Spino d'Adda: 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 Spino d'Adda 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 39 inhabited census areas in Spino d'Adda. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 38.9%
  • good 61.1%

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 019102. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.