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Orero: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Genova, Liguria. 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 Pian dei Ratti 18, Orero.

Orero, a village in the Val Fontanabuona above Chiavari

The Val Fontanabuona runs parallel to the Tigullio coast, behind Chiavari and Lavagna, and is a lived-in valley, with villages and hamlets almost without a break. Orero lies in this valley, its houses split between the valley floor and hamlets on the slopes, among woods and terraces.

People looking here often want the quiet of the hinterland with the Tigullio coast within driving distance. But daily life requires a car, the roads to the hamlets are narrow and many houses are old, stone-built, with terraces and dry-stone walls to maintain. Before buying, check vehicle access, parking, the roof and the retaining walls around the house.

The village has lost residents: 604 in 2011 and 489 in 2023, a fall of 19.0%, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age of 52.1 is above the 49.0 of the metropolitan city of Genoa, and over-65s make up 32.5%. Foreign residents account for 2.9%. Declared incomes are below the Genoa-area average.

Orero is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 64 of the 67 municipalities in the Genoa area, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.098 g in the built-up area. For a stone house the issue is mainly upkeep: the roof, the ties between walls and floors, and damp.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps and the report goes from the address to the land parcel. On steep slopes and near the stream on the valley floor, landslides and floods have to be read from the official maps for the individual house, and the report does this for every address.

Key points

  • Val Fontanabuona, inland from Chiavari and Lavagna.
  • Population down 19.0% since 2011, over-65s at 32.5%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.098 g.
  • Terraced plots: check access, roof and dry-stone walls.

Overview

Orero is a municipality in the province of Genova, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 489 residents, ranked 54 of 67 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Orero is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 67) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.098 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 19.0%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (49). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 2.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Orero declared an average taxable income of 22,253 euros, below the provincial average (26,655 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Orero is in climate zone D, with 2,022 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 169 metres above sea level.

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 3.3% of the land in Orero, compared with 8.0% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Orero is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Liguria in 2026. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Orero.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Orero: 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 Orero 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 Orero. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 17.3%
  • fair 82.7%

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 010042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.