All things you need to know about living in Challand-Saint-Victor
Challand-Saint-Victor, in the province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste, is home to 4 French nationals: 0.71% of its 560 residents.
ISTAT counts 48 residents with a foreign citizenship in Challand-Saint-Victor, 8.57% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are French nationals (4), Brazilians (1), Canadians (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for nonprofit organizations and electricity from renewable sources.
It scores in the bottom quarter for intentional homicide rate and overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 21.1°C (70°F) and winters a low of -8.5°C (17°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Challand-Saint-Victor sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,371mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 193 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Challand-Saint-Victor at about €1,300 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 30.5 years of renting the same property.
That is above most Italian comuni.
Challand-Saint-Victor population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 25 | 4.46% |
| France | 4 | 0.71% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.54% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.18% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.18% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.18% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0.18% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.18% |
| United States | 1 | 0.18% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 498 | 88.93% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 33 | 5.89% |
| Born outside the EU | 29 | 5.18% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Aosta
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Property prices
Buying in Challand-Saint-Victor is well below the Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste average of €1,740/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
30.5 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well above the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Seismic zone
Challand-Saint-Victor is in seismic zone 3. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 3 as a zone where strong earthquakes are less likely than in zones 1 and 2.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
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Nearest hospital: Casa di Cura Clinica Eporediese, about 34.8 km / 32 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Civile di Ivrea (DEA level I), about 41.4 km / 32 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest airport: Turin Airport (TRN), about 86.1 km / 56 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Tuo Dì, about 5.2 km / 8 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Quey S.a.S. di Alexis Quey, about 2.8 km / 4 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Verrès, about 4.6 km / 8 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Challand-Saint-Victor, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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