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Argentera: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Cuneo, 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: Via Maestra 1, Argentera.

Argentera, the last municipality in the Valle Stura before France

Beyond Argentera there is only the Colle della Maddalena pass and, on the other side, France. The municipality covers the head of the Valle Stura, with its main village and the hamlet of Bersezio above sixteen hundred metres, surrounded by pasture and high mountains. Cuneo, at the bottom of the valley, remains the town for work, secondary schools and hospital.

The housing market here is tied to the mountains and to second homes: flats and stone and timber houses used in summer and winter, alongside the homes of people who live in the valley all year. Buyers need to allow for long climate zone F winters, heavy snow and the traffic heading for the pass. Insulation, heating, the state of the roof and running costs are the first things to ask about.

There are 80 residents in 2023, against 79 at the 2011 census, a rise of 1.3%. The estimated average age is 54.6, and over-65s make up 32.5%, against 25.1% for the province of Cuneo. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

Argentera is in seismic zone 3, on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department, like 140 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.122 g. For a mountain building, what counts is how the roof and floors, which also carry the weight of snow, are tied to the walls.

In the upper valley, natural hazards depend heavily on the exact spot. The report reads landslides and flooding on the official maps for the address and, with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, finds the land parcel.

Key points

  • Head of the Valle Stura, below the Colle della Maddalena.
  • Residents up 1.3% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 32.5%, against 25.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.122 g.

Overview

Argentera is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 80 residents, among the smallest in the province (235 of 247).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Argentera is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. Most municipalities in the province (141 of 247) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.122 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 grown by 1.3%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (46). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Argentera declared an average taxable income of 30,763 euros, above the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Argentera is in climate zone F, with 4,403 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,684 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 0.5% of the land in Argentera, compared with 5.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Argentera 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 very high. 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 Argentera.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Argentera: 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 Argentera 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 Argentera. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 004006. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.