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Bellino: 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: Borgata Celle 1, Bellino.

Bellino, Occitan hamlets in the upper Val Varaita

A side valley branches off the upper Val Varaita and climbs towards the high ridges: this is Bellino, made up of stone hamlets strung along the stream, at around fifteen hundred metres and above. The home language here has always been Occitan, as in many valleys around Cuneo, and the names of the hamlets are a reminder of it.

Traditional homes have thick walls, stone roofs and often byres and haylofts on the ground floor or alongside. Buyers almost always come for a mountain house to use in summer or to restore at their own pace, and they have to reckon with climate zone F winters, heavy snow and a road that needs care in winter. Before making an offer, get the roof, damp and utility connections assessed, and find out what the rules allow for rural buildings.

There are 96 residents in 2023, against 135 at the 2011 census, a fall of 28.9%. The estimated average age is 54.7, and over-65s make up 33.3%, above the 25.1% for the province of Cuneo. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Bellino is in seismic zone 3, on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department, like 140 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.124 g. In stone houses, what matters is how walls, floors and roof are tied together, especially after partial renovations.

In an Alpine side valley, natural hazards change from one hamlet to the next. The report checks landslides and flooding on the official maps at the exact address and uses the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps to identify the land parcel.

Key points

  • Occitan hamlets in a side valley of the upper Val Varaita.
  • 96 residents in 2023, down 28.9% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 33.3%, against 25.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.124 g.

Overview

Bellino is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 96 residents, among the smallest in the province (226 of 247).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bellino 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 0.124 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 28.9%. 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 5.2% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bellino declared an average taxable income of 18,619 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bellino is in climate zone F, with 4,264 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,572 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 0.4% of the land in Bellino, 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

Bellino 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 Bellino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bellino: 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 Bellino 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 11 inhabited census areas in Bellino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 44.2%
  • good 55.8%

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 004017. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.