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San Pietro di Cadore: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Belluno, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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San Pietro di Cadore, mountain life in the Comelico

San Pietro di Cadore is one of the municipalities of the Comelico, the far north-eastern corner of the province of Belluno, in the upper Piave valley near the Austrian border. The village lies above a thousand metres among fir woods and hay meadows, and the municipality includes several hamlets on the slopes.

This is everyday mountain living, away from the crowds of the better-known Dolomites. Traditional houses have a masonry base with timber upper parts, alongside more recent buildings. Buyers should allow for long winters (climate zone F), mountain roads and long distances to Belluno and the plain: for hospitals and larger services you have to drive down the valley.

There are 1,472 residents, down 12.9% since 2011. The average age is 49.8, against 48.6 for the province, and over-65s make up 30.3%. Foreign nationals are few, at 1.5%. The village has 9 recorded services.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 26 municipalities in the province of Belluno; elsewhere in the province 27 are in zone 2 and 7 in zone 1. The expected ground acceleration here is 0.113 g. In a mountain house, check the roof and its snow load, how the timber and masonry parts are joined, and the insulation.

Steep slopes and streams are part of the landscape. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, measures elevation and gradient, and gives the cadastral details.

Key points

  • Comelico municipality in the upper Piave valley, near Austria.
  • 1,472 residents, down 12.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.113 g.
  • Long winters, climate zone F: roof and insulation matter.

Overview

San Pietro di Cadore is a municipality in the province of Belluno, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 1,472 residents, ranked 32 of 60 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Pietro di Cadore is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 26 of 60 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.113 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 12.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 1.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Pietro di Cadore declared an average taxable income of 21,732 euros, below the provincial average (25,271 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

San Pietro di Cadore is in climate zone F, with 4,322 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,100 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Pietro di Cadore has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 1.5% of the land in San Pietro di Cadore, compared with 2.9% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

San Pietro di Cadore 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 high. 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 Pietro di Cadore.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Pietro di Cadore: 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 Pietro di Cadore 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 12 inhabited census areas in San Pietro di Cadore. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 025047. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.