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Rezzo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Imperia, 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 Cavour 1, Rezzo.

Rezzo, a side valley of the Arroscia among beech woods

Rezzo lies in a side valley of the Arroscia valley, inland from Imperia, above five hundred metres. The village is surrounded by woodland, including the large beech forest known as the Bosco di Rezzo, popular with walkers. Pieve di Teco is the nearest town for services, while for the hospital, secondary schools and work people go down to the coast, to Imperia or Albenga.

Houses are stone, built into the slope, with terraces and vegetable plots; many are second homes or belong to families who live on the coast. For a buyer, access, parking, the state of the roof and damp in walls against the hillside all count. On these slopes the upkeep of dry stone walls and rainwater channels is important, and the report checks the official landslide and flood maps at the address.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 310 residents in 2023, 61 fewer than the 371 of 2011, a fall of 16.4%. The estimated average age is 52.6, against 48.7 in the province of Imperia, and over-65s make up 34.5%. Foreign residents account for 11.0%.

In western Liguria earthquake risk is not negligible: in the province, 30 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 and 36 in zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's national scale. Rezzo is in zone 3, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.153 g, a medium value. In multi-storey stone houses, often joined to one another, ask whether roofs and floors were rebuilt in a way that does not overload the walls.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces the plot from the address.

Key points

  • Side valley of the Arroscia, near the Bosco di Rezzo beech forest.
  • 310 residents in 2023, down 16.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.153 g.
  • Stone houses on the slope: check roof, floors and walls.

Overview

Rezzo is a municipality in the province of Imperia, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 310 residents, ranked 52 of 66 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rezzo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (36 of 66) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.153 g, a medium-high 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 16.4%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (49). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 11.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rezzo declared an average taxable income of 19,569 euros, below the provincial average (21,487 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rezzo is in climate zone E, with 2,499 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 563 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Rezzo has 1 grocery shop, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 1.6% of the land in Rezzo, compared with 6.4% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Rezzo 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 Rezzo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rezzo: 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 Rezzo 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 4 inhabited census areas in Rezzo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 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 008049. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.