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Ailoche: what to know before buying a home

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

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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: Frazione Giunchio 1, Ailoche.

Ailoche, in the Biella pre-Alps towards the Valsesia

Ailoche is a pre-Alpine municipality in the eastern Biella area, not far from Crevacuore and the Valsesia, with its centre above five hundred and fifty metres and several hamlets scattered through the woods. This is a landscape of high hills and narrow valleys, once shaped by the Biella textile industry, where people rely on the larger villages for shopping, schools and work.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 300 residents, 30 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 9.1%. The estimated average age is 50.5, close to the 49.7 of the province of Biella, and over-65s make up 30.7%, almost the same as the provincial 30.1%. Households average 2.00 people. Foreign residents account for 2.3%.

For a buyer, sun and access count. Hamlets differ in sunlight, road and distance from services, and a shaded uphill road matters in winter. Winters are long, in climate zone F: insulation, boiler or stove, and windows should be weighed up together with the price. Many houses are stone-built, with stone-slab or clay-tile roofs to check.

The earthquake picture is calm. Ailoche is in seismic zone 4 under the Civil Protection classification, like 50 of the 74 municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.043 g, a low value.

Among woods and steep slopes, the ground is the more practical issue: the report for the address reads the official landslide and flood maps and, using the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, traces the land parcel.

Key points

  • Eastern Biella pre-Alps, towards the Valsesia.
  • 300 residents, down 9.1% since 2011.
  • Long winters in climate zone F: check the insulation.
  • Seismic zone 4, low expected acceleration (0.043 g).

Overview

Ailoche is a municipality in the province of Biella, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 300 residents, ranked 65 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ailoche is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (50 of 74) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.043 g, a low 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 fallen by 9.1%. The estimated average age is 51 years, in line with the province. 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ailoche declared an average taxable income of 23,018 euros, below the provincial average (25,111 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ailoche is in climate zone F, with 3,044 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 569 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.2 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 1.7% of the land in Ailoche, compared with 8.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Ailoche 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 Ailoche.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ailoche: 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 Ailoche 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 10 inhabited census areas in Ailoche. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 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 096001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.