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Sedico: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Feltre 1, Sedico.

Sedico, in the Belluno valley where the Cordevole meets the Piave

West of Belluno the Valbelluna widens and the Cordevole river, having left the mountains of the Agordo area, runs towards the Piave. Sedico sits right there, at the start of the road up to Agordo, with the peaks of the Belluno Dolomites to the north; part of the municipality lies inside the national park.

It is one of the few municipalities in the province that are growing. At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,135 residents, up 2.3% since 2011, while the Belluno area as a whole is losing people. The reason is work: the industrial zone hosts eyewear companies, the industry that employs a large part of the province, and Belluno is close by. The population is younger than the provincial average, with a mean age of 45.5 against 48.6 and 23.1% over 65. Foreign residents make up 6.1%. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.

Sedico ranks 4 in the province by population and has a station, Sedico-Bribano, on the railway linking Belluno with Feltre and the plain. The market is detached houses and small blocks of flats in the main village and the valley-floor hamlets, plus more isolated houses on the slopes, where winter bites harder.

Earthquakes must be taken seriously here. Sedico is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale from 1 (highest hazard) to 4, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.223 g, and 7 municipalities in the province are in zone 1. For a house built before current seismic standards, ask about structural assessments and work, and look into the Italian tax relief for seismic upgrades.

The climate zone is F, the coldest in the Italian classification: heating can run for much of the year and the energy rating weighs heavily on running costs. On the slopes the report reads gradient and landslide hazard, and along the Cordevole and the Piave flood hazard. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps and the report finds the plot from the address.

Key points

  • Valbelluna, at the gateway to the Agordo valleys, west of Belluno.
  • Population up 2.3% since 2011, mean age 45.5.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.223 g.
  • Climate zone F: heating and insulation are decisive.

Overview

Sedico is a municipality in the province of Belluno, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 10,135 residents, among the most populous in the province (4 of 60).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sedico is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 27 of 60 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.223 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Sedico, 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 grown by 2.3%. The estimated average age is 46 years, lower than the province average (49). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sedico declared an average taxable income of 25,960 euros, in line with the province (25,271 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sedico is in climate zone F, with 3,085 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 317 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sedico has 9 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 12 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 Sedico, compared with 2.9% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Sedico 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 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 open contaminated sites in Sedico; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sedico: 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 Sedico 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 116 inhabited census areas in Sedico. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.1%
  • fair 80.5%
  • good 16.4%

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 025053. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.