San Germano Vercellese: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Vercelli, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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San Germano Vercellese, rice fields between Vercelli and Santhià
San Germano Vercellese is a village on the rice-growing plain between Vercelli and Santhià. In spring the surrounding fields are flooded for rice and the landscape becomes a sheet of water divided by banks and channels, turning green in summer. The village is compact, with courtyard farmsteads scattered across the countryside.
For buyers, the supply includes village houses, small villas and large farmsteads built around an enclosed yard, often partly empty. Farmsteads offer huge floor areas but need careful assessment: roofs, stables and haylofts to restore, the land registry status of rural buildings, utility connections. Vercelli is the reference for work and services, and the flat terrain makes driving easy. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 1,584 residents in 2023, down 10.4% since 2011. The population is younger than the provincial average, with a mean age of 46.7 against 48.4, and foreign residents make up 15.0%, partly linked to farm work. Households average 2.25 people.
Earthquake risk is low: San Germano is in seismic zone 4, like 80 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.037 g. In farmsteads, damp and the state of the roofs matter more.
On a plain full of channels and watercourses, flooding should be checked at the address, using the official maps the report reads for that point. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published.
Key points
- Rice-field plain between Vercelli and Santhià.
- Courtyard farmsteads with large areas to restore.
- Foreign residents 15.0%, average age 46.7.
- Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.037 g.
Overview
San Germano Vercellese is a municipality in the province of Vercelli, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,584 residents, ranked 20 of 82 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Germano Vercellese is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.037 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 10.4%. The estimated average age is 47 years, lower than the province average (48). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 15.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Germano Vercellese declared an average taxable income of 21,540 euros, below the provincial average (24,991 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
San Germano Vercellese is in climate zone E, with 2,514 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 161 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Germano Vercellese has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 3.9% of the land in San Germano Vercellese, compared with 5.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
San Germano Vercellese is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. 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 no contaminated sites in San Germano Vercellese.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Germano Vercellese: 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 San Germano Vercellese 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 26 inhabited census areas in San Germano Vercellese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 3.4%
- fair 96.6%
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 Piemonte, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Piemonte, Anagrafe regionale dei siti contaminati (ASCO). Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 9 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 002131. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.