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Battifollo: 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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Battifollo, a hill and mountain village near Ceva

Above eight hundred metres, on the high ground south of Ceva, Battifollo is a small municipality of clustered houses and scattered hamlets among woods and meadows. Ceva is the reference for shopping, schools and the train, while for the hospital and main public offices people look to Mondovì and Cuneo. Life here without a car is hard.

The figures describe an elderly village with a sizeable foreign community. According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 215 residents in 2023, against 234 in 2011, a fall of 8.1%. The estimated average age is 55.1, against 46.3 in the province of Cuneo, over-65s make up 39.5% and foreign residents 17.2%. Households have 2.17 members on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For buyers, altitude matters: climate zone F, cold and often snowy winters, and mountain roads to drive every day. Houses are mostly old buildings in stone or mixed masonry, to be assessed for roof, floors, damp and systems. If you are thinking of a holiday home, factor in the cost of keeping it heated or protected from frost while it is shut.

Battifollo is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 141 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.069 g in the built-up area. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel and checks the official landslide and flood maps, which are useful in a landscape of slopes and gullies.

Key points

  • Village above eight hundred metres on the high ground south of Ceva.
  • 215 residents in 2023, down 8.1% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 39.5%; foreign residents at 17.2%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.069 g.

Overview

Battifollo is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 215 residents, ranked 198 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Battifollo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. 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 0.069 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 8.1%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (46). 40% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 17.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Battifollo declared an average taxable income of 18,587 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Battifollo is in climate zone F, with 3,364 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 846 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 1.6% of the land in Battifollo, 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

Battifollo 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 no contaminated sites in Battifollo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Battifollo: 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 Battifollo 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 3 inhabited census areas in Battifollo. 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 004015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.