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Rhêmes-Notre-Dame: 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: Frazione Bruil 1, Rhêmes-Notre-Dame.

Rhêmes-Notre-Dame, at the head of a Gran Paradiso valley

Rhêmes-Notre-Dame closes off the Val di Rhêmes, one of the side valleys of the Aosta Valley, and lies within the Gran Paradiso National Park. The town hall stands above sixteen hundred metres. In winter the valley lives on cross-country skiing and ski touring; in summer on walks up to the mountain huts and glaciers.

Building new or extending is difficult inside the national park and the rules are strict, so buyers nearly always purchase what already exists: stone and timber houses, old haylofts to convert, flats in small holiday blocks. Before you commit, find out exactly what renovation work is allowed.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 76 residents in 2023, down 33.3% since 2011. The estimated average age is 52.7, against 47.0 for the region, and over-65s account for 31.6%. Declared incomes are close to the Aosta Valley average.

On earthquakes, Rhêmes-Notre-Dame is in zone 3, as are all 74 municipalities in the Aosta Valley, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.106 g. It is in climate zone F, the coldest band in Italy's heating classification, so insulation and the heating system are the first things to check.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for this municipality too, and the report traces the address to its land parcel. At the head of a high valley, avalanches, landslides and mountain streams are the most real hazards, and the report checks them for the individual house on the official maps.

Key points

  • Last village up the Val di Rhêmes, inside Gran Paradiso National Park.
  • 76 residents in 2023, down 33.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, like all 74 Aosta Valley municipalities.
  • Climate zone F: insulation and heating come first.

Overview

Rhêmes-Notre-Dame 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 76 residents, among the smallest in the province (74 of 74).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rhêmes-Notre-Dame 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 0.106 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 33.3%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (47). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 6.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rhêmes-Notre-Dame declared an average taxable income of 25,378 euros, in line with the province (26,152 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rhêmes-Notre-Dame is in climate zone F, with 4,820 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,725 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Rhêmes-Notre-Dame has 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

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 0.3% of the land in Rhêmes-Notre-Dame, 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

Rhêmes-Notre-Dame is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Valle d'Aosta in 2026. 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 Rhêmes-Notre-Dame.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rhêmes-Notre-Dame: 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 Rhêmes-Notre-Dame 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 6 inhabited census areas in Rhêmes-Notre-Dame. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 43.2%
  • good 56.8%

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 007055. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.