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Fontainemore: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste, Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste. 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: Localita' Capoluogo 2, Fontainemore.

Fontainemore, the bridge over the Lys and the Mont Mars reserve

The old arched bridge over the Lys torrent is the image of Fontainemore, a municipality in the lower Gressoney valley, in the south-eastern part of the Aosta Valley. The main village sits at around 750 metres, but the municipality climbs through hamlets and summer pastures up to the Mont Mars nature reserve, on the border with the Biella area. It is a narrow valley of stone houses and slate roofs, lived in all year and busier in summer.

For work and services people go down to Pont-Saint-Martin and the lower Dora valley, where the railway and the motorway to Aosta and Turin run. Buyers in Fontainemore will mostly find village houses and mountain cottages in need of work: roofs, insulation, damp and heating costs in climate zone F are the first things to check, along with the access road in winter.

In 2023 there were 432 residents, 3.8% fewer than in 2011. The estimated average age is 48.4, against 47.0 for the region, and over-65s make up 28.7%. Foreign residents account for 8.3%. Declared incomes are slightly above the Aosta Valley average.

Earthquake hazard is moderate and the same across the region: all 74 municipalities in the Aosta Valley are in seismic zone 3 of the national classification kept by the Civil Protection Department. In Fontainemore the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.051 g. In a mountain valley, landslides on the slopes and floods on the Lys and its side streams weigh more, and the report checks them on the official maps for the individual address.

Cadastral maps are published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) in the Aosta Valley too, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Lower Gressoney valley, with the Lys bridge and Mont Mars.
  • All 74 Aosta Valley municipalities in seismic zone 3.
  • 432 residents in 2023, down 3.8% since 2011.
  • Landslides and Lys floods to be checked at the address.

Overview

Fontainemore is a municipality in the province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste, in Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste. At the end of 2023 it had 432 residents, ranked 51 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fontainemore is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 74 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.051 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 3.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 8.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fontainemore declared an average taxable income of 26,717 euros, in line with the province (26,152 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fontainemore is in climate zone F, with 3,372 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 760 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fontainemore has 1 school. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 green area.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 2.3% of the land in Fontainemore, compared with 2.2% in the province and 2.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Fontainemore is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Valle d'Aosta in 2026. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is high. 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 Fontainemore.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Fontainemore: 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 Fontainemore 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 19 inhabited census areas in Fontainemore. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 63.1%
  • good 36.9%

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 007028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.