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Gignod: 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: Frazione Cre' 1, Gignod.

Gignod, the slopes above Aosta towards the Great St Bernard

Just above Aosta, on the road climbing to the Great St Bernard pass, Gignod covers a broad sunny slope divided into many hamlets. The main village is at around a thousand metres, but the municipality runs from the valley floor up to high pastures. Aosta is a few minutes' drive away, an easy distance for anyone working in town.

The average age is 44.6, below 47.0 for the Aosta Valley, and over-65s are 19.4%. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,687 residents in 2023, almost unchanged since 2011 (down 0.3%). Foreign residents are 4.8% and declared incomes are above the regional average.

Buyers find stone and timber houses in the hamlets, often renovated, alongside detached homes and small blocks of flats built in recent decades. The climate zone is F, the coldest, so insulation, the heating system and winter access, with snow and steep roads, make a real difference to daily life and running costs. The report measures elevation and slope at the exact spot and checks the official landslide maps.

All 74 municipalities in the Aosta Valley are in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection classification; in Gignod the expected ground acceleration is 0.102 g. For an old stone house, have the roof and the ties between walls and floors checked. The Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published and the report identifies the parcel.

Key points

  • Sunny slope above Aosta, towards the Great St Bernard.
  • Average age 44.6, below the regional figure.
  • All 74 Aosta Valley municipalities in seismic zone 3.
  • Climate zone F: weigh insulation and winter access.

Overview

Gignod 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 1,687 residents, ranked 21 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gignod 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 0.102 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 4.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gignod declared an average taxable income of 26,898 euros, in line with the province (26,152 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Gignod is in climate zone F, with 3,505 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 988 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Gignod has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 4.6% of the land in Gignod, 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

Gignod is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Valle d'Aosta in 2026. 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 Gignod.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Gignod: 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 Gignod 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 36 inhabited census areas in Gignod. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 72.7%
  • good 27.3%

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 007030. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.