Morterone

Morterone ( Valassinese lmo, Murterun) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Lecco. With a population of 33 persons, it was considered the smallest of any comune (municipality) in Italy – in an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. For this record, it competes with the comune (municipality) of Pedesina, which in the past years had even fewer inhabitants.
In 2016, Morterone with its 32 residents became the smallest Italian comune once again.

Morterone borders the following municipalities: 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).

Rivers

Mountains

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.

History

Weather

Culture

Demographics

Population Evolution

Long Term

Colors=
id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9)
id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)
id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1)
id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8)

ImageSize = width:455 height:303
PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30
DateFormat = x.y
Period = from:0 till:1000
TimeAxis = orientation:vertical
AlignBars = justify
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0
ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:200 start:0
BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo

BarData=
bar:1861 text:1861
bar:1871 text:1871
bar:1881 text:1881
bar:1901 text:1901
bar:1911 text:1911
bar:1921 text:1921
bar:1931 text:1931
bar:1936 text:1936
bar:1951 text:1951
bar:1961 text:1961
bar:1971 text:1971
bar:1981 text:1981
bar:1991 text:1991
bar:2001 text:2001

PlotData=
color:barra width:20 align:left

bar:1861 from: 0 till:397
bar:1871 from: 0 till:205
bar:1881 from: 0 till:197
bar:1901 from: 0 till:190
bar:1911 from: 0 till:346
bar:1921 from: 0 till:399
bar:1931 from: 0 till:385
bar:1936 from: 0 till:244
bar:1951 from: 0 till:279
bar:1961 from: 0 till:118
bar:1971 from: 0 till:91
bar:1981 from: 0 till:37
bar:1991 from: 0 till:31
bar:2001 from: 0 till:33

PlotData=

bar:1861 at:397 fontsize:XS text: 397 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1871 at:205 fontsize:XS text: 205 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1881 at:197 fontsize:XS text: 197 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1901 at:190 fontsize:XS text: 190 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1911 at:346 fontsize:XS text: 346 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1921 at:399 fontsize:XS text: 399 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1931 at:385 fontsize:XS text: 385 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1936 at:244 fontsize:XS text: 244 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1951 at:279 fontsize:XS text: 279 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1961 at:118 fontsize:XS text: 118 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1971 at:91 fontsize:XS text: 91 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1981 at:37 fontsize:XS text: 37 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1991 at:31 fontsize:XS text: 31 shift:(-8,5)
bar:2001 at:33 fontsize:XS text: 33 shift:(-8,5)

TextData=
fontsize:S pos:(20,20)
text:Data from ISTAT

Short Term

Births and Deaths

Economy

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.

Twin Towns

Morterone is twinned with:

* Brumano, Italy (2007)

Transportation

Services

Infrastructure

Architecture

Real Estate

Municipality

Town Hall

The Town Hall of Morterone is located at Piazza chiesa, 1, 23811 within the town.

Opening Hours

Administration

ANAC Compliance

The Comune 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.

= Mayor

=

= Deputy Mayor

=

= Councillor

=

Symbols

Sport and Exercise

Tourism

Border

Street Design

Industries

Shopping and Local Businesses

Documents

Populated Places

Future

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

External links

Official Site

Istat Data

{{authority control

Cities and towns in Lombardy