Borso del Grappa: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Treviso, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Borso del Grappa, villages below Monte Grappa and its paragliders
The houses of Borso, Semonzo and Sant'Eulalia line up at the foot of the Grappa massif, where the mountain rises steeply straight out of the plain. That slope is one of the best-known places in Italy for paragliding and hang-gliding: on good days the sky above the villages fills with wings, and pilots come to the landing fields from abroad too. Bassano del Grappa is about twenty minutes to the west.
Buyers here usually want a detached or semi-detached house with a garden, the mountain behind them and the services of Bassano and the foothill towns within driving distance. There is no railway in the municipality. Alongside newer houses there are old rural buildings in stone, sometimes needing restoration. Average incomes are slightly below the provincial figure for Treviso.
The population is young. Istat, the national statistics office, gives an average age of 44.3 against 46.0 for the province, with over-65s at 20.5% compared with 23.8%. There were 5,931 residents in 2023, practically the same as in 2011 (up 0.3%). Foreign residents make up 4.8%.
Seismic hazard should not be underestimated. Borso is in zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like most municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.190 g; 4 municipalities in the province are in zone 1. For a stone house, ask whether the walls and roof have been tied together and strengthened; for a recent house, ask for the structural design.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces the land parcel from the address. The small valleys coming down from the Grappa can carry water and debris during heavy storms, and at the foot of the slopes landslide hazard varies a lot from one house to the next, so the report reads it for the exact spot.
Key points
- At the foot of Monte Grappa, known for paragliding and hang-gliding.
- Over-65s at 20.5%, against 23.8% in the province.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.190 g.
- Small valleys and slopes: landslides and debris flows checked by address.
Overview
Borso del Grappa is a municipality in the province of Treviso, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 5,931 residents, ranked 56 of 94 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Borso del Grappa is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (72 of 94) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.190 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Borso del Grappa, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Borso del Grappa declared an average taxable income of 24,943 euros, in line with the province (26,083 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Borso del Grappa is in climate zone E, with 2,738 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 279 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Borso del Grappa has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 7 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.2 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 7.1% of the land in Borso del Grappa, compared with 16.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Borso del Grappa is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Borso del Grappa.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Borso del Grappa: 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 Borso del Grappa 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 38 inhabited census areas in Borso del Grappa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 45.3%
- good 54.7%
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 026004. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.