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Verderio: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Piave 1, Verderio.

Verderio, two villages merged in the Merate area

Verderio Superiore and Verderio Inferiore were separate municipalities until 2014, when they merged. The area is gently rolling plain around Merate, in the southern part of the province of Lecco, close to the border with the province of Monza and Brianza, with the river Adda a short way to the east.

The two old centres keep their courtyard houses and farmsteads, many of them restored, and detached homes and small blocks of flats have grown up around them. Many residents work elsewhere, in Merate, Brianza or Milan. The public transport timetables show no stops inside the municipality, so for the train people use stations in nearby villages, and for everything else a car is needed. Shops and services are also thin on the ground compared with the rest of the province, and the big weekly shop means driving out.

By local standards the population is young. The average age is 45.2 against 46.6 in the province, and 21.3% of residents are over 65 compared with 25.2%. At the end of 2023 Verderio had 5,452 residents, down 3.7% since 2011, with foreign residents at 6.2%. Declared incomes are just above the provincial average.

Earthquakes are a minor concern. Verderio is in seismic zone 3, like 64 municipalities in the province of Lecco, while the remaining 20 are in zone 4, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is low, about 0.071 g. For a house from the 1980s or 1990s, energy rating, windows and heating systems count for more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the whole municipality, so the report can go from the address to the plot. Where the ground drops towards small streams, flood risk has to be read for the exact spot.

Key points

  • Formed in 2014 by merging Verderio Superiore and Inferiore.
  • Average age 45.2 against 46.6 in the province.
  • No stops in the public transport timetables: a car is needed.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.071 g.

Overview

Verderio is a municipality in the province of Lecco, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,452 residents, ranked 14 of 84 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Verderio is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 84) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.071 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 3.7%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Verderio declared an average taxable income of 28,819 euros, in line with the province (28,624 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Verderio is in climate zone E, with 2,425 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 250 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Verderio has 3 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 26.8% of the land in Verderio, 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

Verderio 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Verderio, and 3 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

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

Residents by band

  • fair 4.2%
  • good 95.8%

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 097091. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.