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Alice Bel Colle: what to know before buying a home

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

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Alice Bel Colle, a wine village in the Acqui area

Alice Bel Colle sits on top of a hill at around 420 metres in the Acqui area, and the second part of its name, roughly "fine hill", comes from that position, with open views over the surrounding hills. It is a wine village, with a cooperative winery and many vineyards on the slopes. Acqui Terme is the reference town for services, secondary schools and the hospital, and is reached by car.

Buyers here are often after a house with a view or a rustic building with land. Country properties need checks on the roof, damp in the walls, the services and whether extensions and outbuildings are authorised. On the hills the ground changes from one slope to the next, and the report measures elevation and slope at the address and checks the official landslide maps.

In 2023 there were 670 residents, 104 fewer than in 2011 (down 13.4%). The estimated average age is 51.7, against 48.9 in the province of Alessandria, and over-65s are 32.7% against 28.6%. Foreign residents make up 11.8%. Average declared income is clearly lower than in the province.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 126 other municipalities in the province, while 60 are in zone 4. Expected acceleration is about 0.055 g, a low value: in older houses maintenance and energy efficiency weigh more than the structure.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Alice Bel Colle: from the address the report finds the land parcel, useful for seeing how much land really goes with a country house.

Key points

  • Wine village on a hilltop in the Acqui area.
  • 670 residents, down 13.4% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 32.7%, against 28.6% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.055 g.

Overview

Alice Bel Colle is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 670 residents, ranked 94 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Alice Bel Colle is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (127 of 187) 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.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 13.4%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (49). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 11.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Alice Bel Colle declared an average taxable income of 18,699 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Alice Bel Colle is in climate zone E, with 2,833 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 418 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Alice Bel Colle has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 5.2% of the land in Alice Bel Colle, compared with 7.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Alice Bel Colle 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 low. 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 Alice Bel Colle.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Alice Bel Colle: 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 Alice Bel Colle 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 26 inhabited census areas in Alice Bel Colle. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 35.9%
  • fair 64.1%

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 006005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.