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Maser: 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 Bassanese 1, Maser.

Maser, Villa Barbaro and the Asolo hills below Monte Grappa

Villa Barbaro, designed by Andrea Palladio and frescoed by Paolo Veronese, is the reason Maser is known well beyond the Veneto: it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palladian villas. Nearby stands the Tempietto, another Palladio building. The municipality spreads along the foot of the Asolo hills, borders Asolo itself and faces north towards the Grappa massif.

The landscape alternates between farmed plain, vineyards and wooded hills, with small hamlets set well apart. Houses are mostly detached, from villas of recent decades to old stone farm buildings waiting to be restored. Montebelluna, Castelfranco and the industrial area around Montebelluna are the places people work, reached by car.

There were 5,117 residents in 2023, up 3.1% on 2011. The average age is 45.9, against 46.0 for the province, and over-65s make up 25.5%. Foreign residents account for 6.2%, and households average 2.49 people.

Earthquake hazard counts here. Maser is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, like 72 municipalities around Treviso, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.215 g. The foothill belt between Bassano and the Piave is one of the most seismically active parts of the Veneto. For a stone farm building you need a structural survey and a strengthening plan before working out what to offer; for a recent house, the construction date and the earthquake-code paperwork.

On the hills, sloping ground can slip; on the plain, the streams coming down from the Grappa swell in storms. The report checks both sets of maps for the address and, with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, reaches the plot.

Key points

  • Palladio and Veronese's Villa Barbaro, a UNESCO site.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.215 g.
  • 5,117 residents, up 3.1% since 2011.
  • Stone farm buildings: structural survey before making an offer.

Overview

Maser is a municipality in the province of Treviso, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 5,117 residents, ranked 60 of 94 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Maser 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 0.215 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Maser, 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 grown by 3.1%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Maser declared an average taxable income of 24,701 euros, below the provincial average (26,083 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Maser is in climate zone E, with 2,462 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 147 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Maser has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 5 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

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 9.5% of the land in Maser, 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

Maser 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 medium. 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 Maser; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Maser: 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 Maser 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 41 inhabited census areas in Maser. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.0%
  • fair 67.2%
  • good 30.8%

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 026039. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.