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Vallo di Nera: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Casali 1, Vallo di Nera.

Vallo di Nera, a walled village above the Valnerina

A medieval village enclosed by walls, with houses packed in a ring around the top of a hill: Vallo di Nera overlooks a stretch of the Valnerina, the valley of the river Nera in eastern Umbria. Below runs the main Valnerina road; around it are woods, pastures and small hamlets. Spoleto is the nearest town for services, schools and the hospital.

Earthquakes are the first issue for a buyer. Vallo di Nera is in seismic zone 1, the highest class on the Civil Protection scale, like 14 of the 59 municipalities in the province of Perugia, and the expected acceleration in the village is about 0.246 g. Many buildings in the Valnerina have been repaired and strengthened after the earthquakes of recent decades: for each house, ask what work was done, under which designs and sign-offs, and whether any reconstruction files are still open.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 327 residents in 2023, against 401 in 2011, a fall of 18.5%. The estimated average age is 50.5, against 47.4 in the province, and 29.4% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 9.8%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Almost all the housing is stone, within the walls and in the hamlets: houses on several floors, with steep stairs and pedestrian access. In climate zone E winters in the valley are cold and damp, and heating stone houses is costly. Check where you can park too, as cars cannot always reach the houses inside the village.

On the hillside and along the Nera the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address, and finds the land parcel with the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Walled medieval village in the Valnerina, near Spoleto.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.246 g.
  • Ask about work, sign-offs and open reconstruction files.
  • 327 residents in 2023, fewer than in 2011.

Overview

Vallo di Nera is a municipality in the province of Perugia, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 327 residents, among the smallest in the province (58 of 59).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vallo di Nera is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 14 of 59 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.246 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Vallo di Nera, 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 18.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vallo di Nera declared an average taxable income of 19,816 euros, below the provincial average (23,962 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vallo di Nera is in climate zone E, with 2,128 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 332 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vallo di Nera has 1 school.

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 1.7% of the land in Vallo di Nera, compared with 5.5% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Vallo di Nera.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vallo di Nera: 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 Vallo di Nera 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 12 inhabited census areas in Vallo di Nera. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 054058. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.