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San Giacomo 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 Giacomo Vercellese, a village among the rice fields

Around San Giacomo Vercellese the land is flat and divided into rice paddies, flooded in spring and crossed by irrigation ditches and canals. The village lies on the plain north of Vercelli, below two hundred metres, and is a compact farming community with the large farmsteads and courtyards that define the local landscape.

Living here means having a car and driving every day along plain roads to Vercelli, where you find schools, the hospital, the station and almost all services. There is a pharmacy in the village. Houses are often parts of old farmsteads or more recent detached homes; in the former, check roofs, floors and the wiring and plumbing. In rice-growing country the water table can be close to the surface, so damp in cellars and basements needs checking.

The population has fallen a lot. Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 264 residents in 2023, against 329 in 2011, a fall of 19.8%. The average age is 52.1, above the 48.4 of the province of Vercelli, and over-65s make up 34.1%. Foreign residents account for 3.8%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Earthquake risk is low: the municipality is in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 81 of the 82 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.038 g. On a plain with rivers and canals, it matters more to check the official flood maps for the address, which the report does starting from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Farming village among the rice fields north of Vercelli.
  • 264 residents in 2023, down 19.8% since 2011.
  • Average age 52.1, above the 48.4 of the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.038 g.

Overview

San Giacomo Vercellese is a municipality in the province of Vercelli, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 264 residents, ranked 60 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Giacomo 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 0.038 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 19.8%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Giacomo Vercellese declared an average taxable income of 23,101 euros, below the provincial average (24,991 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

San Giacomo Vercellese is in climate zone E, with 2,561 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 197 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Giacomo Vercellese has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 4.4% of the land in San Giacomo 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 Giacomo Vercellese is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. 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 Giacomo Vercellese.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Giacomo 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 Giacomo 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 6 inhabited census areas in San Giacomo Vercellese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 002035. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.