Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Arquata Scrivia: what to know before buying a home

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

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Arquata Scrivia

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 Libarna 2, Arquata Scrivia.

Arquata Scrivia, in the Scrivia valley between Genoa and Novi

Where the Ligurian Apennines start to open out towards the plain around Novi Ligure and Alessandria, in the Scrivia valley, Arquata Scrivia has always been a place people pass through: the railway linking Genoa with Piedmont and Lombardy runs through the municipality and has a station here, the A7 motorway is close by, and just to the north is Serravalle Scrivia with its large designer outlet.

For people working in Genoa, the train makes commuting possible, and homes cost less than in Liguria; Novi Ligure is about ten kilometres away. The centre has multi-storey masonry houses along the main streets, surrounded by post-war blocks of flats, with hamlets and scattered houses towards the hills. The town hall stands at about two hundred and fifty metres, the area is in climate zone E and declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

Arquata is number 8 in the province of Alessandria by population and it is growing: Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,297 residents in 2023, up 3.8% on 2011. Foreign residents make up 12.3%, and the average age of 48.2 is a little below the province's 48.9, one of the highest in Italy. Households are small, 2.07 people on average. Overture Maps records 7 supermarkets and 8 healthcare facilities, both above the provincial average per head.

Italy's Civil Protection Department places the town in seismic zone 3, like 127 municipalities in the province, while 60 are in zone 4. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.093 g, a low value. In the older buildings of the centre, the state of roofs, façades and services matters most.

The Scrivia and the streams coming down from the Apennines can rise quickly, and low-lying areas near the riverbed need careful assessment; on the slopes, landslide hazard counts. The report checks both for the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Station on the Genoa line, near the A7 and the Serravalle outlet.
  • 6,297 residents, up 3.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.093 g.
  • Low-lying areas near the Scrivia to check for flooding.

Overview

Arquata Scrivia is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 6,297 residents, among the most populous in the province (8 of 187).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Arquata Scrivia 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 0.093 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 3.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 12.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Arquata Scrivia declared an average taxable income of 25,562 euros, in line with the province (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Arquata Scrivia is in climate zone E, with 2,664 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 248 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Arquata Scrivia has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 11.9% of the land in Arquata Scrivia, compared with 7.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Arquata Scrivia is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 8 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Arquata Scrivia, and 3 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Arquata Scrivia: 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 Arquata Scrivia 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 73 inhabited census areas in Arquata Scrivia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.4%
  • fair 18.2%
  • good 56.9%
  • very good 21.5%

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 006009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.