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Issogne: 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 Pied-De-Ville 1, Issogne.

Issogne, the Challant castle opposite Verrès

Issogne lies in the lower Aosta Valley, on the right bank of the Dora Baltea, directly opposite Verrès. It is known for the Renaissance castle of the Challant family, with its frescoed courtyard and pomegranate fountain, which draws visitors all year. The village is small: a historic core around the castle and hamlets scattered up the slope towards the woods.

For anyone working elsewhere, the location helps. In Verrès, just across the river, there is a station on the Aosta to Chivasso line and a junction on the A5 motorway; Aosta is about half an hour by car, while Ivrea and Turin lie in the other direction.

There were 1,290 residents in 2023, down 7.6% on 2011. The average age is 48.5, against 47.0 for the region, which in the Aosta Valley is also the province, and over-65s are 27.1%. Foreign residents are 2.4%, and declared incomes are below the regional average.

The market offers stone houses in the old core and the hamlets, often with traditional stone-slab roofs (lose) that need upkeep, and newer homes lower down. The altitude is modest, under four hundred metres, but it is climate zone E: weigh up heating and insulation as you would in the mountains.

All 74 municipalities in the Aosta Valley are in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, and the expected ground acceleration in Issogne is 0.056 g, a low value. Landslides, mountain streams and the Dora matter more than earthquakes: the report checks them on the official maps and, using the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, traces the land parcel.

Key points

  • Lower Aosta Valley, on the right bank of the Dora opposite Verrès.
  • Station and A5 junction at Verrès, just across the river.
  • Population down 7.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, like the whole Aosta Valley.

Overview

Issogne 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 1,290 residents, ranked 26 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Issogne 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 0.056 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 7.6%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 2.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Issogne declared an average taxable income of 22,238 euros, below the provincial average (26,152 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Issogne is in climate zone E, with 2,786 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 387 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Issogne has 2 schools.

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 4.6% of the land in Issogne, 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

Issogne 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Issogne, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Issogne: 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 Issogne 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 16 inhabited census areas in Issogne. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.3%
  • fair 63.6%
  • good 35.1%

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 007037. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.