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Avegno: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Genova, Liguria. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Serro 1, Avegno.

Avegno, the valley behind Recco

Look at Recco from the sea and you see a green valley climbing inland behind it: much of that valley floor and its slopes is Avegno. The municipality is a string of hamlets spread between the stream and the hills, with no single centre, and it lives closely with the Golfo Paradiso coast, where the shops, secondary schools and the railway to Genoa are.

For a buyer, that means choosing between two settings. On the valley floor homes are easier to reach and close to the road to Recco; higher up there are detached houses with land, terraces and olive groves, but the lanes are narrow and steep. The climate is mild (zone D in the Italian heating classification), and declared incomes are a little below the average for the province of Genoa.

Istat, the national statistics office, records 2,558 residents in 2023, up 0.7% since 2011: a small rise, but in a province where many inland villages are shrinking. The average age is 47.5, lower than the provincial 49.0, with 25.3% over 65 and 4.4% foreign residents.

Avegno is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.085 g, a moderate level shared with 63 other municipalities in the province. With a stone house it is worth asking whether the roof and floors have been redone, and with what.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published. Ground conditions differ a lot between stream and hillside, so the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for each address.

Key points

  • Hamlets between stream and hills, inland from Recco
  • 2,558 residents, up 0.7% since 2011
  • Average age 47.5, below the provincial figure
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.085 g

Overview

Avegno is a municipality in the province of Genova, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 2,558 residents, ranked 28 of 67 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Avegno is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 67) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.085 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 47 years, lower than the province average (49). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Avegno declared an average taxable income of 24,709 euros, below the provincial average (26,655 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Avegno is in climate zone D, with 1,535 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 34 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Avegno has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 2 healthcare facilities.

There are 0.8 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more 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 6.7% of the land in Avegno, compared with 8.0% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Avegno is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Liguria in 2026. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 contaminated sites in Avegno.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Avegno: 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 Avegno 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 25 inhabited census areas in Avegno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 78.4%
  • good 21.6%

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

ISTAT code 010002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.