Morterone (Valassinese ) is a village and comune (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the region of Lombardy in Italy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Lecco. With a population of 30, it is the least populous municipality in Italy – in an area of . For this record, it competes with the municipality of Pedesina, which in past years had even fewer inhabitants. In 2016, Morterone with its 32 residents became the smallest Italian municipality once again.
Morterone borders the municipalities of Ballabio, Brumano, Cassina Valsassina, Cremeno, Lecco, Moggio, and Vedeseta.
Etymology The name Morterone derives from the Latin mortarium (pond) or murtus (myrtle).
Since it lies on the eastern slope of Mount Resegone, in a lush and unspoilt natural basin surrounded by valleys, it would derive its Latin name mortarium (a wooden or stone bowl in which grass, roots, etc. were crushed), for others from mons, with reference to the pastures found there in large numbers.
Geography Morterone is situated at the foot of the Pizzo of the same name (a peak that is part of the Resegone), in an area of woods where you can walk along mountain paths. In an isolated position, from a hydrographic point of view it is part of the Taleggio valley (the stream that runs through it is a right tributary of the Enna stream).
Geology The Morterone area is also an interesting karst area (caves, dolines, resurgences, gorges); more than forty cavities have been explored between the Morterone valley, the Remola valley and the Palio coast.
Demographics As of 2026, the population is 30, of which 60.0% are male, and 40.0% are female. Minors make up 13.3% of the population, and seniors make up 36.7%.
+Short Term Population ChangeYearSurveying DatePopulationChange%Number of FamiliesResidents per Household200131 December33 - - - -200231 December32 -1 -3,03% - -200331 December35 +3 +9,38%181,94200431 December38 +3 +8,57%221,73200531 December37 -1 -2,63%211,76200631 December3700,00%221,68200731 December36 -1 -2,70%221,64200831 December37 +1 +2,78%231,61200931 December38 +1 +2,70%231,65201031 December37 -1 -2,63%241,5420118 October36 -1 -2,70%241,5020119 October34 -2 -5,56% - -201131 December36 -1 -2,70%261,38201231 December37 +1 +2,78%261,42201331 December38 +1 +2,70%271,41201431 December3800,00%281,36201531 December36 -2 -5,26%261,38201631 December34 -2 -5,56%241,42201731 December35 +1 +2,94%251,40201831 December32 -3 -8,57% - -201931 December30 -2 -6,25% - -202031 December29 -1 -3,33% - -
Births and deaths +YearSurvey DatesBirthsChangeDeathsChangeNatural population Change20021 January-31 December0 -0 -020031 January-31 December0000020041 January-31 December001 +1 -120051 January-31 December000 -1020061 January-31 December0000020071 January-31 December0000020081 January-31 December001 +1 -120091 January-31 December000 -1020101 January-31 December0000020111 January-8 October0000020119 October-31 December0000020111 January-31 December0000020121 January-31 December1 +100 +120131 January-31 December0 -100020141 January-31 December1 +100 +120151 January-31 December102 +2 -120161 January-31 December0 -11 -1 -120171 January-31 December000 -102018*1 January-31 December1 +11 +102019*1 January-31 December0 -12 +1 -22020*1 January-31 December1 +11 -10
Politics
Elections On 3 and 4 October 2021 the citizens of Morterone were called to the polls for the 2021 municipal elections. Mayor Dario Pesenti was elected. +TermWinnerPartyPositionNotes23 April 199513 June 1999Giampietro RedaelliPartito Popolare ItalianoMayor13 June 199912 June 2004Palmino InvernizziPartito Popolare ItalianoMayor12 June 20047 June 2009Giampietro Redaellilista civicaMayor7 June 20094 October 2021Antonella Invernizzilista civicaMayor4 October 2021In OfficeDario Pesentilista civicaMayor
Municipality
Town Hall The Town Hall of Morterone is located at Piazza chiesa, 1, 23811 within the town.
Hours +Opening HoursDayOpening HoursTuesday14:30 - 19:30Wednesday9:00 - 12:30Thursday9:00 - 12:30Saturday9:00 - 12:00
Administration
ANAC compliance The municipality has and has had multiple plans for ANAC Compliance. It consists of calls for contracts and tender and datasets for both 2020 and 2019.
Staffing The Mayor, the Deputy Mayor and the Councillor of Morterone with the indication of the party they belong to or the political coalition at the time of the last municipal elections.
Twin towns and sister cities Morterone is twinned with:
Brumano, Italy (2007)
References
Bibliography
Annalisa Borghese, Morterone, in Il territorio lariano e i suoi comuni, Milano, Editoriale del Drago, 1992, p. 322. Antonio Carminati e Costantino Locatelli, Morterone, sedici racconti di vita contadina sulle pendici del Resegone, 2007, No ISBN
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