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Arguello: 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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For example: Via Buffarola 1, Arguello.

Arguello, stone houses on an Alta Langa ridge

Arguello sits on a ridge at around 650 metres in the Alta Langa, the highest and most wooded part of the Langhe hills in southern Piedmont. The municipality is a small, compact village plus houses and farmsteads scattered over the slopes, linked by narrow roads full of bends. For work, secondary schools and bigger shopping trips, people look to Alba, a drive down out of the hills.

Most properties here are houses built in the local Langa stone or old farm buildings, often with a piece of land. Climate zone F, the band used for mountain areas, means long, cold winters. Before buying, check the insulation, the windows and the heating system, and ask how the road is cleared after snowfall. In a village this size everyday services are outside the municipality, so you will need a car for almost everything.

In 2023 there were 195 residents, against 201 at the 2011 census, a drop of 3.0%, according to Istat, Italy's national statistics office. The estimated average age is 48.3, against 46.3 for the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 28.2%. Foreign residents account for 8.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low. Arguello is in seismic zone 4 under the classification of the Civil Protection, Italy's emergency agency, like 106 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.050 g. With an old house the real questions are about the roof, the timber floors and damp in walls built against the slope.

Hillsides in the Langhe need reading plot by plot. The report starts from the address, finds the land parcel on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps and checks the official landslide and flood maps for that exact spot.

Key points

  • Alta Langa ridge at about 650 metres, with Alba as the reference town.
  • 195 residents in 2023, down 3.0% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 28.2%, foreign residents at 8.7%.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.050 g.

Overview

Arguello is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 195 residents, ranked 200 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Arguello is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 106 of 247 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 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 3.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Arguello declared an average taxable income of 22,369 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Arguello is in climate zone F, with 3,135 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 661 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 3.6% of the land in Arguello, 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

Arguello 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 Arguello.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Arguello: 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 Arguello 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 6 inhabited census areas in Arguello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 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 004007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.