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Fontanelle: 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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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 Roma 1, Fontanelle.

Fontanelle, farmland on the Monticano between Conegliano and Oderzo

This is the eastern plain of the province of Treviso, between Conegliano and Oderzo, in the district locals call the Opitergino-Mottense. Fontanelle is a farming and small-business municipality, spread between the main village and a few outlying hamlets, with vineyards, arable fields and small industrial areas. The land is flat, about twenty metres above sea level, and the Monticano river crosses it on its way from Conegliano towards Oderzo.

Buyers here are usually looking for a detached house with a garden at lower prices than in Treviso or Conegliano, and accept driving to work and to many services. Restored farmhouses are common: before buying, find out when and how the work was done, since it affects both structural safety and the energy rating. Near the Monticano and the drainage ditches, flood hazard needs checking for the specific address.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,707 residents in 2023, down 1.7% since 2011. The estimated average age of 45.6 is close to the provincial figure, and foreign nationals make up 10.0%, many of them working in farming and local firms. Declared incomes are slightly below the Treviso average.

What surprises newcomers is the earthquake risk. Almost the whole province is in zone 2 of the national classification drawn up by the Civil Protection Department, 72 municipalities in all, and 4 are in zone 1. Fontanelle is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.169 g, a fairly high value. For a masonry house built before the 1980s, ask an engineer to assess the structure and check whether Italy's tax incentives for seismic upgrading apply.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report identifies the land parcel from the address together with the distance to local services.

Key points

  • Flat farmland between Conegliano and Oderzo, crossed by the Monticano.
  • Population down 1.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.169 g.
  • Flood hazard to check by address near the river and ditches.

Overview

Fontanelle is a municipality in the province of Treviso, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 5,707 residents, ranked 58 of 94 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fontanelle 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 0.169 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Fontanelle, 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 1.7%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fontanelle declared an average taxable income of 23,940 euros, below the provincial average (26,083 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fontanelle is in climate zone E, with 2,379 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 18 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fontanelle has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 4 healthcare facilities and 2 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 10.4% of the land in Fontanelle, 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

Fontanelle 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 open contaminated sites in Fontanelle; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Fontanelle: 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 Fontanelle 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 84 inhabited census areas in Fontanelle. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 10.7%
  • fair 89.3%

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 026028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.