All things you need to know about living in Chamois
Chamois, in the province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste, is home to 2 French nationals: 1.79% of its 112 residents.
ISTAT counts 5 residents with a foreign citizenship in Chamois, 4.46% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are French nationals (2) and Americans (1).
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
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 21.4°C (71°F) and winters a low of -8.6°C (17°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Chamois sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,380mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 187 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Chamois at about €1,900 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 29.9 years of renting the same property.
That is above most Italian comuni.
Chamois population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 2 | 1.79% |
| United States | 1 | 0.89% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 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% |
| Lithuania | 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% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Romania | 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 | 105 | 93.75% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 3 | 2.68% |
| Born outside the EU | 4 | 3.57% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Aosta
Full BES profile for Aosta →Aosta on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Chamois is above 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.
29.9 years of rent here equal the purchase price — 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.
A detached house here averages €1,900/m², against €1,900 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — the two cost about the same per square meter.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Seismic zone
Chamois 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.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: no figure. We could not find a road route to a hospital with inpatient beds that avoids a ferry.
Nearest emergency department: no figure. We could not find a road route to an emergency department in the Ministry's list that avoids a ferry.
Nearest DEA (level I or II): no figure. We could not find a road route to a DEA in the Ministry's list that avoids a ferry.
Nearest airport: no figure. We could not find a road route to an airport that avoids a ferry.
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): no figure. We could not find a road route to a supermarket that avoids a ferry.
Nearest pharmacy: no figure. We could not find a road route to a pharmacy that avoids a ferry.
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): no figure. We could not find a road route to a railway station with passenger service that avoids a ferry.
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 Chamois, 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.
Nearby comuni
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