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Vendone: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Savona, Liguria. 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: Frazione Leuso 1, Vendone.

Vendone, olive-covered hills behind Albenga

From the plain of Albenga, behind the coast of the province of Savona in Liguria, roads climb into narrow valleys and hills covered with olives and woods. Vendone is one of these villages, at around four hundred metres, made up of small clusters of houses spread over the hillside. The sea and the services of the coast are within driving distance, but daily life here follows the pace of the hills.

Most houses for sale are stone buildings, tall village houses and rural outbuildings among the cultivated terraces. Some have been restored as second homes. Buyers need to look carefully at access and parking, dry stone and retaining walls, drainage and utility connections, which are not always a given for isolated houses. Climate zone E means milder winters than inland Piedmont, but uninsulated stone walls stay damp.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 340 residents, against 403 in 2011, a fall of 15.6%. The estimated average age is 53.1 (province of Savona: 49.7) and 33.8% of residents are over 65. Households are small, 1.79 people on average; foreign residents make up 6.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Vendone is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 46 of the 69 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.135 g. In stone houses on several floors, ask whether the floors have been rebuilt and how they are anchored to the walls.

On the terraced slopes the report checks the official landslide maps for the address, and along the streams the flood maps; the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are available.

Key points

  • Hills behind Albenga, small hamlets among olives and woods.
  • Stone houses: check access, walls and utility connections.
  • 340 residents in 2023, average age 53.1.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.135 g.

Overview

Vendone is a municipality in the province of Savona, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 340 residents, ranked 60 of 69 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vendone is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (46 of 69) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.135 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 15.6%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (50). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vendone declared an average taxable income of 20,304 euros, below the provincial average (24,469 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vendone is in climate zone E, with 2,252 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 398 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vendone has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 2.5% of the land in Vendone, compared with 6.7% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Vendone is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Liguria in 2026. 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 Vendone.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vendone: 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 Vendone 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 10 inhabited census areas in Vendone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 11.2%
  • fair 88.8%

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 009066. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.