All things you need to know about living in Valsavarenche
Valsavarenche, in the province of Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste, is home to 1 Swiss nationals: 0.66% of its 152 residents.
ISTAT counts 11 residents with a foreign citizenship in Valsavarenche, 7.24% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is Swiss nationals (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 15.5°C (60°F) and winters a low of -12.5°C (10°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Valsavarenche sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,360mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 185 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Valsavarenche at about €1,450 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
That is above most Italian comuni.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Swiss nationals in Valsavarenche held roughly steady from 1 to 1.
Valsavarenche population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.66% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| France | 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% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 134 | 88.16% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 6 | 3.95% |
| Born outside the EU | 12 | 7.89% |
Swiss 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 Valsavarenche is 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. OMI records no rental figures here.
A detached house here averages €1,700/m², against €1,450 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 17% more 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
Valsavarenche 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: Ospedale Regionale Umberto Parini, about 32.9 km / 36 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Regionale Umberto Parini, Aosta (DEA level II), about 32.9 km / 36 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest airport: Turin Airport (TRN), about 152.2 km / 101 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Cofruits, about 21.7 km / 23 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Rovito Dott. Renato, about 28.6 km / 30 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Arvier, about 22.9 km / 25 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 Valsavarenche, 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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