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Villette: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Peretti 1, Villette.

Villette, a village in the Val Vigezzo

The Val Vigezzo climbs from Domodossola towards the Swiss border and is an open upland valley, served by the Vigezzina railway linking Domodossola with Locarno. Villette is one of the valley's villages, at about eight hundred metres, with stone houses clustered together and meadows around. For services and work, people look to Santa Maria Maggiore, the main village in the valley, and to Domodossola; Switzerland is close.

Residents have increased in recent years: 277 in 2023 against 264 in 2011, 13 more, a rise of 4.9%. The estimated average age is 48.2, slightly below the provincial 49.0, and over-65s make up 28.5%, in line with 28.3% across the province. Foreign residents account for 4.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Buyers will find stone village houses with slab roofs, some renovated, and second homes. In climate zone F winters are long and snowy, so the roof, external insulation, windows and heating system are the main checks, and for a house used only in summer it is worth asking for a winter's energy bills.

Villette is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class, like 46 of the 74 municipalities of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.055 g. In the mountains, the report also checks the official maps for landslides and streams at the exact address.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report traces the address back to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Val Vigezzo village at about eight hundred metres, near Switzerland.
  • 277 residents, up 4.9% since 2011.
  • Average age 48.2, slightly below the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.055 g.

Overview

Villette is a municipality in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 277 residents, ranked 63 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villette is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (46 of 74) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.055 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 4.9%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villette declared an average taxable income of 15,892 euros, below the provincial average (23,146 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Villette is in climate zone F, with 3,354 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 807 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Villette has 2 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 3.3% of the land in Villette, compared with 2.8% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Villette is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. 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 contaminated sites in Villette.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Villette: 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 Villette 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 4 inhabited census areas in Villette. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.7%
  • fair 99.3%

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 103076. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.