Barbarano Mossano: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Vicenza, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Barbarano Mossano, at the foot of the Berici Hills
The municipality of Barbarano Mossano was formed by merging two villages, Barbarano Vicentino and Mossano, on the south-eastern side of the Berici Hills. The built-up areas lie where the hills meet the plain: behind them rise vineyards, olive groves and woods, in front the countryside stretches towards the Euganean Hills. Vicenza is about twenty kilometres away, Padua about forty.
This is wine country, with the cellars of the Colli Berici, and an area of houses with gardens. Buyers can choose between homes in the village centres, isolated houses in the hills, with views but sometimes narrow, steep access, and lower areas towards the plain, crossed by drainage channels. On the slopes landslide hazard matters, lower down flood exposure: the report checks both on the official maps starting from the address.
At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, recorded 6,233 residents, down 1.9% since 2011. Households are larger than usual, at 2.53 people on average, the average age of 46.1 is in line with the province of Vicenza, and foreign residents make up 9.9%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average. Overture Maps lists 7 school sites, 1.12 per 1,000 residents against 0.82 for the province.
In the province of Vicenza 79 municipalities, those towards the Alpine foothills, are in seismic zone 2 and 33 in zone 3, on the Civil Protection scale where 1 is the highest hazard. Barbarano Mossano is in zone 3, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.111 g. For a restored stone farmhouse, ask how the walls were tied to the floors and whether the roof was rebuilt with a reinforced ring beam.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps: the report works back from the address to the land parcel, useful when a hillside property includes land, woodland or vines around the house.
Key points
- Two merged villages on the south-eastern side of the Berici Hills.
- Households of 2.53 people, average age 46.1.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.111 g.
- Landslides on the slopes and flooding on the plain to check.
Overview
Barbarano Mossano is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 6,233 residents, ranked 43 of 112 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Barbarano Mossano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 33 of 112 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.111 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 resident population has fallen by 1.9%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Barbarano Mossano declared an average taxable income of 23,185 euros, below the provincial average (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Barbarano Mossano is in climate zone E, with 2,384 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 89 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Barbarano Mossano has 7 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 4 sports facilities.
There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).
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 11.3% of the land in Barbarano Mossano, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Barbarano Mossano 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 contaminated sites in Barbarano Mossano.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Barbarano Mossano: 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 Barbarano Mossano 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 35 inhabited census areas in Barbarano Mossano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 77.4%
- good 22.6%
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
- 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 024124. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.