Chies d'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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Chies d'Alpago, in the Alpago basin below Monte Cavallo
The Alpago is a green basin south-east of Belluno, enclosed by the mountains of the Col Nudo and Monte Cavallo group and opening onto Lake Santa Croce, popular for sailing and windsurfing. Chies d'Alpago occupies the part of the basin closest to the mountains, with hamlets scattered among meadows, woods and the lower slopes. Belluno is about half an hour away, and the A27 motorway to Venice starts not far off.
The village is ageing and emptying. In 2023 there were 1,246 residents, down 11.7% on the 1,411 of 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 50.8, against 48.6 in the province, and over-65s are 32.0%. Households are small, 1.96 people on average. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.
The first figure to look at is the seismic one. In the province of Belluno only 7 municipalities are in seismic zone 1, the highest class in the Civil Protection classification, and Chies d'Alpago is one of them; the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.245 g. For an old stone or masonry house, a structural survey before completion is advisable, and for a recent one, the design with its seismic calculations.
Homes are mostly detached houses and old rural buildings, often with land. Winters are cold (climate zone F): insulation and heating weigh on costs more than on the plain.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address, checking landslides and flooding on the official maps along the streams that come down from the mountains.
Key points
- Alpago basin, at the foot of the Col Nudo and Monte Cavallo.
- One of 7 municipalities around Belluno in seismic zone 1.
- Expected acceleration in the built-up area: 0.245 g.
- Over-65s at 32.0%, households of 1.96 people.
Overview
Chies d'Alpago is a municipality in the province of Belluno, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 1,246 residents, ranked 37 of 60 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chies d'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 0.245 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Chies d'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 11.7%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chies d'Alpago declared an average taxable income of 23,684 euros, below the provincial average (25,271 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Chies d'Alpago is in climate zone F, with 3,463 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 647 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Chies d'Alpago has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
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 2.0% of the land in Chies d'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
Chies d'Alpago 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 Chies d'Alpago.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Chies d'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 Chies d'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 23 inhabited census areas in Chies d'Alpago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 100.0%
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 025012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.