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Vertemate con Minoprio: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Como, 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 Risorgimento 1, Vertemate con Minoprio.

Vertemate con Minoprio, woods and family homes south of Como

South of Como, in the part of the province that already looks towards Milan, Vertemate con Minoprio brings together two places separated by fields and woodland. At Minoprio stands Villa Raimondi with its large park, home to the foundation that has trained gardeners and nursery specialists for decades; at Vertemate there is the Romanesque church of the old Cluniac priory.

The typical home is a detached house with a garden, in residential areas that have grown up among the trees, with a good share of the land still meadow and woodland. For anyone working in Como, around Cantù or in Milan, journeys are almost always by car, and the A9 motorway runs a few kilometres away. Cafés and restaurants number 6.73 per 1,000 residents, above the provincial average of 4.46.

The municipality is growing: 4,158 residents in 2023, 4.4% more than in 2011. The average age is 45.9, close to the province (46.3), and over-65s make up 22.8%. Foreign residents account for 5.6%. Declared incomes are just below the Como average.

All 147 municipalities in the province of Como are in seismic zone 4, the lowest class in the Civil Protection classification, and expected ground acceleration here is about 0.042 g. For a house from the 1970s or 1980s, insulation, windows, heating and whether extensions and loft conversions were properly authorised matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published. Among the woods the ground drops into small valleys with streams, so landslide and flood hazard are checked for the address rather than as an average for the municipality.

Key points

  • Two villages among woods and fields, south of Como.
  • Villa Raimondi and its park at Minoprio.
  • 4,158 residents, up 4.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole province of Como.

Overview

Vertemate con Minoprio is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,158 residents, ranked 46 of 147 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vertemate con Minoprio is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 147 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.042 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 4.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vertemate con Minoprio declared an average taxable income of 25,909 euros, in line with the province (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vertemate con Minoprio is in climate zone E, with 2,555 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 342 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vertemate con Minoprio has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 4 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.0 grocery shops and supermarkets 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 Vertemate con Minoprio.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 24.9% of the land in Vertemate con Minoprio, compared with 12.3% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Vertemate con Minoprio 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Vertemate con Minoprio, and one more has 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 Vertemate con Minoprio: 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 Vertemate con Minoprio 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 25 inhabited census areas in Vertemate con Minoprio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.0%
  • fair 0.1%
  • good 99.8%

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 013242. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.