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Possagno: 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: Contrada Masiere 1, Possagno.

Possagno, Canova's home village below Monte Grappa

Antonio Canova, the neoclassical sculptor, was born in Possagno, and the village keeps his memory alive in two places: the Tempio canoviano, the large round church that dominates the town, and the gipsoteca, a gallery of the plaster models for his works. This is the western part of the province of Treviso, at the foot of the Grappa massif, where the Veneto plain ends against the first mountains. Asolo and Bassano del Grappa are the nearest larger towns.

The village lies on the foothills, with a gently sloping centre and houses climbing towards the mountain. Alongside the historic buildings there are detached houses and blocks of flats, plus some workshops and small businesses in the area. If you are buying near the slopes, look at gradient and the official landslide maps, which the report reads for the address.

Possagno is growing. Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 2,294 residents in 2023, up 4.5% since 2011. The average age is 44.6, below the 46.0 of the province of Treviso, and foreign residents make up 16.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The belt at the foot of the Grappa has a seismic history to take seriously. Possagno is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department scale, like 71 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.209 g. For a house built before the latest seismic rules, ask for a structural assessment.

The climate is zone E. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces the plot.

Key points

  • Canova's birthplace, with his Temple and plaster gallery.
  • Foothills at the base of Monte Grappa.
  • Residents up 4.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.209 g.

Overview

Possagno is a municipality in the province of Treviso, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 2,294 residents, among the smallest in the province (88 of 94).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Possagno 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 0.209 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Possagno, 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 4.5%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 16.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Possagno declared an average taxable income of 23,244 euros, below the provincial average (26,083 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Possagno is in climate zone E, with 2,820 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 276 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Possagno has 8 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 12.0% of the land in Possagno, compared with 16.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Possagno 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 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 Possagno.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Possagno: 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 Possagno 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 17 inhabited census areas in Possagno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 99.9%
  • good 0.1%

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 026061. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.