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Gosaldo: 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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Gosaldo, above 1,000 metres between Agordino and Primiero

Gosaldo is a mountain municipality in the Agordino area of the province of Belluno, with houses spread across several hamlets on the slopes and the town hall above a thousand metres. The road over the Cereda pass runs through its territory, linking this part of the Belluno Dolomites with the Primiero area in Trentino.

Buying here means choosing high mountain living with everything that comes with it. The area is in climate zone F: long winters, snow, heating on for many months. Before buying, ask for actual consumption of firewood, heating oil or pellets, check the roof and insulation, and find out how you reach the house when the road is snowed in. For secondary schools, the hospital and larger shops, people drive down to the valley floor and the larger towns of the province.

The figures describe a village that has lost many residents. In 2023 there were 521, against 723 in 2011: 202 fewer, or 27.9%. The average age is 54.5 (province: 48.6) and over-65s make up 40.5%, against 28.1% in the province. Households are small, with 1.78 people on average. Foreign residents are 1.3%.

Gosaldo is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 27 of the 60 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.149 g. For an old stone and timber house, have the structure checked before planning major work.

The report finds the land parcel on the Revenue Agency's maps, published here too, and reads slope and landslide hazard for that address on the official maps.

Key points

  • Agordino, on the Cereda pass road towards Primiero.
  • 202 fewer residents since 2011, down 27.9%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.149 g.
  • Climate zone F: check running costs and winter access.

Overview

Gosaldo is a municipality in the province of Belluno, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 521 residents, ranked 50 of 60 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gosaldo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 27 of 60 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.149 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Gosaldo, 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 27.9%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (49). 40% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 1.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gosaldo declared an average taxable income of 22,622 euros, below the provincial average (25,271 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Gosaldo is in climate zone F, with 4,622 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,141 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Gosaldo has 2 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 1.4% of the land in Gosaldo, 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

Gosaldo 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 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 Gosaldo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Gosaldo: 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 Gosaldo 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 29 inhabited census areas in Gosaldo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 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

ISTAT code 025025. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.