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Valbrenta: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Roma 1, Valbrenta.

Valbrenta, the Brenta gorge between Grappa and Asiago

Valbrenta is a young municipality. It was created in 2019 by merging Campolongo sul Brenta, Cismon del Grappa, San Nazario and Valstagna, the villages strung along the Canale di Brenta, the narrow valley the river cuts between Monte Grappa and the Asiago plateau before reaching Bassano. Each former municipality keeps its own centre, and between them run the river, the Valsugana main road and the railway to Trento.

The landscape is made of rock faces, woods and old dry-stone terraces, known locally as masiere, once used to grow tobacco. Oliero has caves and karst springs, and in summer the Brenta draws canoeists and rafters. Prices are low compared with Bassano, but many houses are old, built against the slope and get little sun in winter. The valley has stations on the Bassano to Trento line, and the report shows the nearest one from the address.

The population has been falling for years. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 4,841 residents in 2023, 544 fewer than in 2011, a drop of 10.1%. The average age is 48.8 against 45.9 in the province of Vicenza, and 28.5% are over 65. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Valbrenta is in seismic zone 2 under the Civil Protection Department classification, like 78 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.170 g. For stone houses in the old village centres, have walls and floors checked before buying.

Geography matters more here than in most places. The valley floor is exposed to Brenta floods, and the slopes to landslides and rockfall from the cliffs. The report checks both at the address using official maps, and identifies the plot with the Revenue Agency cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Formed in 2019 from four villages along the Brenta gorge.
  • 4,841 residents, down 10.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.170 g.
  • Check Brenta floods and rockfall at the address.

Overview

Valbrenta is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 4,841 residents, ranked 56 of 112 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valbrenta is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (79 of 112) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.170 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Valbrenta, 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 10.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (46). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valbrenta declared an average taxable income of 22,189 euros, below the provincial average (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valbrenta is in climate zone E, with 2,691 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 210 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valbrenta has 6 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 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 3.9% of the land in Valbrenta, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Valbrenta is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. 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 Valbrenta; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Valbrenta: 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 Valbrenta 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 78 inhabited census areas in Valbrenta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 10.7%
  • fair 82.5%
  • good 6.8%

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 024125. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.