Morterone

Morterone (Valassinese Lombard: Murterun) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Milan and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Lecco. With a population of 33 people, it was considered the smallest of any comune (municipality) in Italy – in an area of 13.8 square kilometres (5.3 sq mi).^[3] 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 Murterun (Lombard)
Comune
Comune di Morterone
Morterone
Coat of arms
Location of Morterone
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Coordinates: 45°52′N 9°29′E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Province of Lecco (LC)
Area [1]
• Total	13.8 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation	1,070 m (3,510 ft)
Population  (June 2016)[2]
• Total	32
• Density	2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi)
Demonym	Morteronesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23811
Dialing code	0341

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).^[4]

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).^[5]

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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1861 397 —     1871 205 −48.4% 1881 197 −3.9% 1901 190 −3.6% 1911 346 +82.1% 1921 399 +15.3% 1931 385 −3.5% 1936 244 −36.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1951 279 +14.3% 1961 118 −57.7% 1971 91 −22.9% 1981 37 −59.3% 1991 31 −16.2% 2001 33 +6.5% 2011 34 +3.0% 2021 31 −8.8%
Source: ISTAT

Short Term Population Change

Year	Surveying Date	Population	Change	%	Number of Families	Residents per Household
2001	31 December	33	-	-	-	-
2002	31 December	32	-1	-3,03%	-	-
2003	31 December	35	+3	+9,38%	18	1,94
2004	31 December	38	+3	+8,57%	22	1,73
2005	31 December	37	-1	-2,63%	21	1,76
2006	31 December	37	0	0,00%	22	1,68
2007	31 December	36	-1	-2,70%	22	1,64
2008	31 December	37	+1	+2,78%	23	1,61
2009	31 December	38	+1	+2,70%	23	1,65
2010	31 December	37	-1	-2,63%	24	1,54
2011	8 October	36	-1	-2,70%	24	1,50
2011	9 October	34	-2	-5,56%	-	-
2011	31 December	36	-1	-2,70%	26	1,38
2012	31 December	37	+1	+2,78%	26	1,42
2013	31 December	38	+1	+2,70%	27	1,41
2014	31 December	38	0	0,00%	28	1,36
2015	31 December	36	-2	-5,26%	26	1,38
2016	31 December	34	-2	-5,56%	24	1,42
2017	31 December	35	+1	+2,94%	25	1,40
2018	31 December	32	-3	-8,57%	-	-
2019	31 December	30	-2	-6,25%	-	-
2020	31 December	29	-1	-3,33%	-	-

Births and deaths

Year	Survey Dates	Births	Change	Deaths	Change	Natural population Change
2002	1 January-31 December	0	-	0	-	0
2003	1 January-31 December	0	0	0	0	0
2004	1 January-31 December	0	0	1	+1	-1
2005	1 January-31 December	0	0	0	-1	0
2006	1 January-31 December	0	0	0	0	0
2007	1 January-31 December	0	0	0	0	0
2008	1 January-31 December	0	0	1	+1	-1
2009	1 January-31 December	0	0	0	-1	0
2010	1 January-31 December	0	0	0	0	0
2011	1 January-8 October	0	0	0	0	0
2011	9 October-31 December	0	0	0	0	0
2011	1 January-31 December	0	0	0	0	0
2012	1 January-31 December	1	+1	0	0	+1
2013	1 January-31 December	0	-1	0	0	0
2014	1 January-31 December	1	+1	0	0	+1
2015	1 January-31 December	1	0	2	+2	-1
2016	1 January-31 December	0	-1	1	-1	-1
2017	1 January-31 December	0	0	0	-1	0
2018*	1 January-31 December	1	+1	1	+1	0
2019*	1 January-31 December	0	-1	2	+1	-2
2020*	1 January-31 December	1	+1	1	-1	0

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.^[6][7]

Term		Winner	Party	Position	Notes
23 April 1995	13 June 1999	Giampietro Redaelli	Partito Popolare Italiano	Mayor	[8]
13 June 1999	12 June 2004	Palmino Invernizzi	Partito Popolare Italiano	Mayor
12 June 2004	7 June 2009	Giampietro Redaelli	lista civica	Mayor
7 June 2009	4 October 2021	Antonella Invernizzi	lista civica	Mayor
4 October 2021	In Office	Dario Pesenti	lista civica	Mayor	[9]

Twin towns

Morterone is twinned with:

• Brumano, Italy (2007)

Municipality

Town Hall

The Town Hall of Morterone is located at Piazza chiesa, 1, 23811 within the town.^[10][11]

Hours

Opening Hours^[12]

Day	Opening Hours
Tuesday	14:30 - 19:30
Wednesday	9:00 - 12:30
Thursday	9:00 - 12:30
Saturday	9:00 - 12:00

Administration

ANAC compliance

The Comune has and has had multiple plans for ANAC Compliance.^[13] It consists of calls for contracts and tender and datasets for both 2020^[14][15] and 2019.^[16][17]

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.^[6]