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Chiampo: 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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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 Valloscura 1, Chiampo.

Chiampo, a valley of tanneries and marble

Chiampo gives its name to the valley that runs north-west of Vicenza, following the stream of the same name. Together with Arzignano, a few kilometres further down, it forms one of the largest leather tanning districts in Europe, and the local quarries produce the marble that carries the town's name. Much of the work is right here, in tanneries, their suppliers and stone workshops.

The town fills the valley floor and the lower slopes on either side. Houses and industrial units are often close together, so before buying look carefully at what surrounds the address: a workshop area, a road used by lorries, the stream. There is no railway in the valley and the A4 motorway is joined down on the plain to the south, so Vicenza and Verona are reached by car or bus.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 12,543 residents in 2023, down 2.5% on 2011. Foreign nationals make up 12.8%, many of them linked to work in the tanneries. The average age, 44.8, is lower than in the province (45.9), and households have 2.44 members on average. Declared incomes are slightly below the Vicenza average.

Earthquakes should not be overlooked. Chiampo is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 79 of the 112 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.161 g. In older houses it helps to know whether the structure has been assessed or reinforced, and in a block of flats ask the managing agent whether any surveys exist.

Cadastral maps are published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), so the report traces the land parcel from the address. On the valley sides and along the stream, landslide and flood hazard must be checked at the precise location, because it can change within a few metres.

Key points

  • Tanning district shared with Arzignano, home of Chiampo marble.
  • Foreign residents 12.8%, average age 44.8.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected ground acceleration about 0.161 g.
  • No railway in the valley: travel is by car or bus.

Overview

Chiampo is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 12,543 residents, ranked 16 of 112 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chiampo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (79 of 112) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.161 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Chiampo, 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 2.5%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chiampo declared an average taxable income of 24,784 euros, below the provincial average (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Chiampo is in climate zone E, with 2,526 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 175 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Chiampo has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.4 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 18.2% of the land in Chiampo, 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

Chiampo 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Chiampo. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Chiampo: 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 Chiampo 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 82 inhabited census areas in Chiampo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.4%
  • fair 53.0%
  • good 46.5%

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 024029. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.