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San Venanzo: what to know before buying a home

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

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San Venanzo, Monte Peglia and an extinct volcano

San Venanzo is a hill municipality in western Umbria, between Orvieto, Todi and Marsciano, on the slopes of Monte Peglia. Its territory is large and sparsely populated: woods, fields and scattered hamlets. Geologists know it for a small extinct volcano that gave its name to a rare rock, venanzite, and is now a park open to visitors. Terni, the provincial capital, is a long way off, so for services people more often look to Orvieto, Todi or Perugia.

The population is older and shrinking. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,161 residents, down 6.5% on 2011. The average age is 50.5, above 48.9 for the province, and 30.3% are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 12.0%.

House hunters will mostly find farmhouses and stone houses in the hamlets, many needing renovation, and homes in the main village at around four hundred and fifty metres. In the countryside, access (often on unsurfaced roads), water supply and distance from services all count: the whole municipality has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Umbria is earthquake country and San Venanzo is in seismic zone 2, like 12 of the 33 municipalities in the province of Terni, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.153 g. For a stone farmhouse, ask what structural work has been done. The report finds the plot on the Revenue Agency cadastral maps and reads the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Slopes of Monte Peglia, between Orvieto and Todi.
  • A small extinct volcano, now a park.
  • Average age 50.5, with 30.3% over 65.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.153 g.

Overview

San Venanzo is a municipality in the province of Terni, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 2,161 residents, ranked 14 of 33 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Venanzo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 12 of 33 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.153 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in San Venanzo, 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 fallen by 6.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 12.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Venanzo declared an average taxable income of 21,724 euros, below the provincial average (23,539 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

San Venanzo is in climate zone E, with 2,211 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 465 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Venanzo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility, 1 sports facility and 2 parks and green areas.

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 1.4% of the land in San Venanzo, compared with 4.7% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Venanzo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Venanzo: 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 Venanzo 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 48 inhabited census areas in San Venanzo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 45.7%
  • good 13.4%
  • very good 40.9%

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 055030. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.