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Pontboset: 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: Localita' Pont Bozet 1, Pontboset.

Pontboset, in the Champorcher valley

The Champorcher valley opens onto the main Dora valley at Hône and climbs steeply, almost a gorge in its lower stretch, with the Ayasse stream at the bottom and dense woods on both sides. Pontboset is the first municipality you reach on the way up: a main village just under eight hundred metres and a string of hamlets on the slopes, linked by narrow roads and footpaths.

If you are looking for a house here, start with the position of the individual hamlet. Sun exposure, winter access and distance from the main road vary a great deal from one to the next, and they affect running costs as much as the house itself. In climate zone F the heating runs for much of the year. For schools, shops and services people go down to the main valley and Pont-Saint-Martin; Aosta, the regional capital, is further away.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 170 residents, 25 fewer than the 195 of 2011, a fall of 12.8%. The estimated average age is 48.9, against 47.0 for the Aosta Valley, and over-65s make up 27.1%. Declared incomes are below the regional average.

All 74 municipalities in the Aosta Valley are in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and the expected ground acceleration in Pontboset is about 0.054 g. In a valley this deep the right questions are about the slopes and the stream, and the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps also cover the Aosta Valley, so the report can trace the land parcel.

Key points

  • First municipality up the Champorcher valley, above Hône.
  • 170 residents in 2023, down 12.8% since 2011.
  • Average age 48.9, against 47.0 in the Aosta Valley.
  • All 74 Aosta Valley municipalities in seismic zone 3.

Overview

Pontboset 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 170 residents, among the smallest in the province (67 of 74).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pontboset 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 0.054 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 12.8%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pontboset declared an average taxable income of 21,364 euros, below the provincial average (26,152 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pontboset is in climate zone F, with 3,402 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 780 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.7 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 0.7% of the land in Pontboset, 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

Pontboset is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Valle d'Aosta in 2026. 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 Pontboset.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pontboset: 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 Pontboset 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 9 inhabited census areas in Pontboset. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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

ISTAT code 007050. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.