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Montebello Vicentino: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Vicenza, 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 Trento 1, Montebello Vicentino.

Montebello Vicentino, the last Vicenza town before Verona

Montebello Vicentino is the last municipality in the province of Vicenza before you cross into the Verona area, on the plain where the Chiampo valley opens out. The A4 motorway has its own exit here, and that explains much of the town's character: business parks and logistics next to the centre, and quick links to Vicenza, around twenty kilometres away, and to Verona.

Up the Chiampo valley lies Arzignano and its leather-tanning district, one of the most important in Italy, which together with the firms on the plain provides much of the local work. Buyers will find the old centre along the main streets, estates of detached houses and small blocks of flats built over the last few decades and, towards the hills, farmhouses among vineyards that run on towards Gambellara. The area is in climate zone E, with cold, foggy winters, and declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

The population is younger than Vicenza province as a whole. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,325 residents, down 3.2% since 2011, with an average age of 45.2 against 45.9 in the province and over-65s at 22.4% against 23.4%. Households average 2.43 people and foreign residents make up 11.0%.

Italy's Civil Protection Department places the town in seismic zone 2, as it does 79 municipalities in the province; the other 33 are in zone 3. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.144 g. For houses built during the post-war building boom, ask whether the design took the seismic classification into account and, in a block of flats, what structural work the owners' meeting has approved.

The plain is crossed by embanked streams coming down from the valleys, and flood hazard can differ between two neighbouring streets: the report checks it for the exact address, along with landslide hazard on the first hills. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available, so each address leads to its plot.

Key points

  • A4 motorway exit, on the plain at the mouth of the Chiampo valley.
  • Average age 45.2, below the provincial 45.9.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.144 g.
  • Foreign residents at 11.0%.

Overview

Montebello Vicentino is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 6,325 residents, ranked 41 of 112 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montebello Vicentino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (79 of 112) are in the same zone.

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 Montebello Vicentino, 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 3.2%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montebello Vicentino declared an average taxable income of 25,289 euros, in line with the province (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montebello Vicentino is in climate zone E, with 2,325 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 53 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montebello Vicentino has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 healthcare facilities and 6 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).

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 20.3% of the land in Montebello Vicentino, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 27.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Montebello Vicentino is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. 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 Montebello Vicentino. 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 Montebello Vicentino: 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 Montebello Vicentino 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 55 inhabited census areas in Montebello Vicentino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 5.3%
  • fair 58.5%
  • good 36.2%

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 024060. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.