Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Vezzi Portio: what to know before buying a home

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

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Vezzi Portio

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 Portio 6, Vezzi Portio.

Vezzi Portio, hamlets in the hills behind the Savona coast

From the sea at Spotorno and Noli a road climbs through olive groves and woodland to the hamlets of Vezzi Portio, small clusters scattered across the hills inland from Savona. The town hall is at about 300 metres; the coast is close but not visible from every house, and the landscape is classic Ligurian hill country, with terraces, dry stone walls and narrow roads.

For buyers it sits halfway between the seaside and the countryside: life is quieter than on the coast, and the beach or the railway station is a short drive down. Houses are often stone-built on terraced land, with access that is not always easy, so check the access road, the state of the dry stone walls and the slope of the plot. This is climate zone D, with mild winters.

In 2023 there were 788 residents, a slight change (-2.7%) on 2011. The average age is 50.5, close to the 49.7 of the province of Savona, and over-65s are 27.9%, a little less than the provincial 30.0%. Foreign residents make up 4.7%. Average declared income is clearly higher than the provincial average.

For earthquakes, Vezzi Portio is in zone 3, like 46 of the 69 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.066 g. For an old house on terraces, the ties between walls and floors and the soundness of the retaining walls are what count.

On Ligurian hillsides, landslides and small slips are the main thing to check: the report reads the official maps for the exact address, together with the flood maps along the streams. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published.

Key points

  • Hamlets scattered over the hills behind Spotorno and Noli.
  • Average age 50.5, close to the provincial 49.7.
  • Average declared income above the provincial level.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.066 g.

Overview

Vezzi Portio is a municipality in the province of Savona, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 788 residents, ranked 46 of 69 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vezzi Portio 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 0.066 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 2.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vezzi Portio declared an average taxable income of 30,976 euros, above the provincial average (24,469 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vezzi Portio is in climate zone D, with 2,009 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 300 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vezzi Portio has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 7.5% of the land in Vezzi Portio, 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

Vezzi Portio is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Liguria in 2026. 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 Vezzi Portio; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vezzi Portio: 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 Vezzi Portio 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 16 inhabited census areas in Vezzi Portio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 009067. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.