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Valdagno: 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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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: Viale Trento 1, Valdagno.

Valdagno, the Agno valley and the Marzotto company town

Valdagno is the home of the Marzotto woollen mill. The textile family left its mark beyond the factory gates too, with the so-called città sociale, a planned district of workers' housing, schools and services built for the people employed in the mills. The municipality occupies the middle stretch of the Agno valley, north-west of Vicenza, with a narrow valley floor and hamlets scattered up the slopes towards Recoaro and the Piccole Dolomiti mountains.

House hunters face a choice between two settings. Down along the river are the centre, the services and the old workers' districts, with houses and flats close to everything. On the valley sides are high hamlets, isolated houses and farm buildings to restore, with steep roads, snow in winter and longer journeys. For homes on the slopes, checking landslide hazard is the first job.

The population is shrinking and ageing. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 25,780 residents at the end of 2023, 3.0% fewer than in 2011. Over-65s make up 28.0%, well above 23.4% for the province, and the average age reaches 47.9. Foreign nationals account for 11.7%, a share tied to work in the valley's factories.

In the province of Vicenza 79 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 and 33 in zone 3. Valdagno is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.163 g. Many houses in the valley were built before today's earthquake standards, so when buying ask for the year of construction, the design and any work done on walls and floors.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. Along the Agno it checks flood hazard, and on the slopes the official landslide maps.

Key points

  • Marzotto's company town in the Agno valley.
  • Over-65s at 28.0%, against 23.4% in the province.
  • 25,780 residents, down 3.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.163 g.

Overview

Valdagno is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 25,780 residents, among the most populous in the province (4 of 112).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valdagno 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 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Valdagno, 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 3.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valdagno declared an average taxable income of 25,079 euros, in line with the province (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valdagno is in climate zone E, with 2,617 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 230 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valdagno has 21 schools and 8 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 15 grocery shops and supermarkets, 13 healthcare facilities, 18 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.6 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

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 12.4% of the land in Valdagno, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Valdagno is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Valdagno, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Valdagno: 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 Valdagno 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 154 inhabited census areas in Valdagno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 45.1%
  • good 54.7%

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 024111. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.