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Sarmede: what to know before buying a home

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

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Sarmede, hills below the Cansiglio and illustrated fairy tales

At the foot of the Cansiglio plateau, in the foothill belt east of Vittorio Veneto, Sarmede covers hills and meadows rising towards the forest. The town hall is at about 100 metres, but the municipality climbs much higher. It is part of the province of Treviso and faces towards Friuli, with Conegliano and Vittorio Veneto as the nearby towns for work and services.

Sarmede's name is tied to its international exhibition of children's book illustration, which brings drawings and illustrators from many countries to the village every year, and to the walls painted with fairy-tale scenes. Otherwise it is a place of detached houses, hillside hamlets and vineyards, with few tall buildings. Buyers mostly find detached homes and rural houses needing work.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 2,968 residents in 2023, down 6.5% since 2011. The average age of 48.0 is higher than the provincial 46.0; over-65s make up 26.3% and foreign nationals 6.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The figure to look at carefully is earthquake risk. The belt between the Cansiglio and the Treviso hills is one of the most seismically active parts of the Veneto: Sarmede is in seismic zone 2 and the expected ground acceleration is 0.245 g, a high value. For a stone house or one built before recent rules, get a structural survey before buying. On the slopes the report checks gradient and the official landslide maps for the address. Winters are cold, climate zone E.

Key points

  • Treviso foothills at the foot of the Cansiglio.
  • International exhibition of children's illustration.
  • 2,968 residents, average age 48.0.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.245 g.

Overview

Sarmede is a municipality in the province of Treviso, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 2,968 residents, ranked 82 of 94 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sarmede is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (72 of 94) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.245 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Sarmede, 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 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sarmede declared an average taxable income of 23,212 euros, below the provincial average (26,083 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sarmede is in climate zone E, with 2,546 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 103 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sarmede has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 7.2% of the land in Sarmede, compared with 16.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Sarmede 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 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 Sarmede.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sarmede: 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 Sarmede 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 28 inhabited census areas in Sarmede. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 40.9%
  • good 59.1%

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 026078. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.