All things you need to know about living in Cremeno
Cremeno, in the province of Lecco, is home to 4 Russians: 0.22% of its 1,787 residents.
That is the 202nd-highest concentration of Russians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 48th.
ISTAT counts 262 residents with a foreign citizenship in Cremeno, 14.66% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (4), Brazilians (2), Germans (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Lecco scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for life expectancy at birth and PM10 Annual average concentration.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources and overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 22.9°C (73°F) and winters a low of -3.9°C (25°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Cremeno sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,875mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 172 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Cremeno at about €1,500 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Cremeno population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 12 | 0.67% |
| Albania | 8 | 0.45% |
| Ukraine | 8 | 0.45% |
| Russia | 4 | 0.22% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.11% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.06% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.06% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.06% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,504 | 84.16% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 20 | 1.12% |
| Born outside the EU | 263 | 14.72% |
Russians over time
Quality of life in Lecco
Full BES profile for Lecco →Lecco on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Cremeno is above the Lecco average of €1,309/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
21.6 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
A detached house here averages €1,650/m², against €1,500 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 10% more per square meter.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Seismic zone
Cremeno is in seismic zone 3. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 3 as a zone where strong earthquakes are less likely than in zones 1 and 2.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: Ospedale di Circolo a. Manzoni - Lecco, about 14.9 km / 16 minutes by road from Cremeno (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Circolo a. Manzoni - Lecco (DEA level II), about 14.9 km / 16 minutes by road from Cremeno (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milano Linate Airport (LIN), about 72.5 km / 59 minutes by road from Cremeno (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): U2 supermercato, about 0.3 km / 1 minute by road from Cremeno (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Di Barzio, about 1.3 km / 2 minutes by road from Cremeno (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Lecco, about 14.4 km / 17 minutes by road from Cremeno (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Cremeno, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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