Alpago: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Belluno, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Alpago, Lake Santa Croce and the villages below the Cansiglio
Alpago is a young municipality with an old name. It was created by merging Farra, Pieve and Puos d'Alpago, and takes its name from the mountain basin it occupies south-east of Belluno, enclosed by Lake Santa Croce, the peaks of the Col Nudo and the forested Cansiglio plateau.
The municipality is made up of many villages and hamlets scattered across the slopes at different heights, and that makes a big difference from one house to the next: how much sun it gets, how much snow in winter, how far it is from shops and schools. Belluno is the nearest city, while the A27 motorway runs along the lake towards Vittorio Veneto and Treviso. Lake Santa Croce draws sailors, windsurfers and kitesurfers, and there are 60 cafés and restaurants, more per head than the provincial average, so alongside local homes you will find second homes and holiday lets. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,601 residents in 2023, down 8.0% on 2011. The average age of 48.0 is a little below the province of Belluno (48.6), one of the oldest in Italy, and over-65s make up 26.7%. Households are small, 2.14 people on average. Foreign residents are 7.7%.
The figure to take most seriously is the seismic one. Alpago is in zone 1, the highest on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and only 7 of the 60 municipalities in the province share it. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.248 g. For a stone house to restore, or any building put up before the current rules, have a surveyor check the structure before you sign.
On the steep slopes and along the streams running down to the lake, the ground needs assessing spot by spot: the report reads slope, landslide and flood hazard for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces each address to its land parcel.
Key points
- Mountain basin between Lake Santa Croce and the Cansiglio, south-east of Belluno.
- Seismic zone 1, like only 6 other local towns.
- Expected acceleration about 0.248 g: get a structural survey.
- Hamlets at different heights: sun, snow and services vary.
Overview
Alpago is a municipality in the province of Belluno, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 6,601 residents, among the most populous in the province (6 of 60).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Alpago is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 7 of 60 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.248 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Alpago, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 8.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Alpago declared an average taxable income of 24,002 euros, below the provincial average (25,271 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Alpago is in climate zone F, with 3,531 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 690 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Alpago has 6 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).
Public transport
We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 5.4% of the land in Alpago, compared with 2.9% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Alpago is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list no open contaminated sites in Alpago; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Alpago: 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 Alpago 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 89 inhabited census areas in Alpago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 2.8%
- fair 97.2%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 025072. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.