La Valle Agordina: 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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La Valle Agordina, mountain hamlets near Agordo
Here the Dolomites are always in view: La Valle Agordina is a mountain municipality in the Agordino, the Cordevole valley area of the province of Belluno, close to Agordo, with its territory split into small hamlets scattered among meadows, woods and slopes. Each hamlet has its own stone and timber houses and haylofts.
For buyers, the usual choice is between a house in one of the hamlets, often needing updating, and an old hayloft or rural building to convert, which means checking carefully what the planning rules allow. Agordo, a short distance away, has schools, services and jobs; for Belluno you head down the valley. The climate zone is F, with long, snowy winters: winter access, insulation and heating are decisive. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.
In 2023 there were 1,061 residents, down 7.7% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 50.0 against 48.6 in the province, and over-65s are 30.1%. Foreign nationals make up 3.3%.
The province of Belluno has municipalities in three seismic zones: 7 in zone 1, 27 in zone 2 and 26 in zone 3. La Valle Agordina is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.144 g. For a stone house or a hayloft conversion, the structural work should be designed together with the renovation.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. In the mountains the exact position matters: slope, landslides and streams are checked on the official maps for each hamlet and each house.
Key points
- Municipality of scattered hamlets in the Agordino, near Agordo.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.144 g.
- Residents down 7.7% since 2011, over-65s at 30.1%.
- Haylofts and rural buildings: check what planning rules allow.
Overview
La Valle Agordina is a municipality in the province of Belluno, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 1,061 residents, ranked 42 of 60 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, La Valle Agordina 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 0.144 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in La Valle Agordina, 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 7.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in La Valle Agordina declared an average taxable income of 24,776 euros, in line with the province (25,271 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
La Valle Agordina is in climate zone F, with 3,848 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 800 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, La Valle Agordina has 2 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.
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 1.2% of the land in La Valle Agordina, 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
La Valle Agordina 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 La Valle Agordina.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within La Valle Agordina: 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 La Valle Agordina 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 La Valle Agordina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 2.0%
- fair 98.0%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 025027. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.