Rossano Veneto: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Vicenza, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Rossano Veneto, border plain between Bassano and Cittadella
Three provinces almost meet at Rossano Veneto. The town belongs to Vicenza, but it sits on the plain south-east of Bassano del Grappa, very close to Cittadella in the province of Padua and to Castelfranco Veneto in the province of Treviso. It is a place of workshops, industrial sheds and detached houses, typical of the Veneto of small family firms, with Monte Grappa closing the view to the north.
Most people who buy here do so to work in the area. Businesses are spread between one village and the next, and a large share of the land is built over for a town of this size, so fields, link roads and industrial areas alternate with housing. It pays to look closely at what surrounds an address, whether a factory, a busy road or a field that might be built on, because it changes both the value and the peace of a home.
The population is growing: 8,255 residents in 2023, up 4.2% on 2011. It is young by Vicenza standards, with an estimated average age of 44.1 against 45.9 and over-65s at 20.1%, and households average 2.51 people. Foreign residents make up 10.2%. Average incomes are a little below the provincial level.
Earthquakes are the figure to watch. The strip at the foot of Monte Grappa and the Asiago plateau has had strong quakes in past centuries, and Rossano is in seismic zone 2 of the Italian Civil Protection classification, like 79 municipalities in the province. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.178 g, one of the higher values on the Veneto plain. For a converted workshop or a 1970s semi-detached house, ask for the structural calculations and any seismic assessment.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can work back from the address to the plot. On a plain crossed by irrigation ditches and channels, flooding is checked house by house.
Key points
- Vicenza plain south-east of Bassano, close to Cittadella and Castelfranco.
- A young town: average age 44.1, over-65s at 20.1%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.178 g.
- Homes, workshops and fields side by side: the surroundings matter.
Overview
Rossano Veneto is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 8,255 residents, ranked 31 of 112 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rossano Veneto is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (79 of 112) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.178 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Rossano Veneto, 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 4.2%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rossano Veneto declared an average taxable income of 24,887 euros, in line with the province (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Rossano Veneto is in climate zone E, with 2,366 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 78 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rossano Veneto has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.4 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).
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 31.8% of the land in Rossano Veneto, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.8 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Rossano Veneto 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 medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Rossano Veneto, and 3 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rossano Veneto: 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 Rossano Veneto 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 40 inhabited census areas in Rossano Veneto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 1.2%
- fair 74.1%
- good 24.7%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 024088. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.