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Belveglio: what to know before buying a home

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

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Belveglio, Barbera country in the Asti Monferrato

Belveglio is a small municipality in the Asti part of Monferrato, south-east of Asti, in an area of low hills planted with vines where Barbera is the local wine. The village sits at a modest height and, beyond the main settlement, the territory includes farmhouses and scattered homes among the rows of vines. Asti and Nizza Monferrato are the nearest towns for services, secondary schools and work.

The housing on offer is village houses, farmhouses with courtyards and rural buildings to restore. Piedmontese farmhouses often have large volumes with barns and haylofts attached: before buying, find out what is habitable today, what is recorded in the land registry and what it would cost to make such a large building energy efficient.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 306 residents, 20 fewer than the 326 of 2011, a fall of 6.1%. The estimated average age is 51.3, against 47.9 in the province, and over-65s make up 31.0%. Foreign residents account for 9.5%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

Seismic risk is low: Belveglio is in zone 4 under the Civil Protection classification, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.046 g. In old houses, settlement cracks, common on the clay soils of these hills, and the state of the roof matter more.

The report for the address reads the official landslide and flood maps, useful on slopes and along ditches in the valley floor, and traces the land parcel using the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Monferrato hills south-east of Asti.
  • 306 residents in 2023, down 6.1%.
  • Average age 51.3, against 47.9 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, low expected acceleration (0.046 g).

Overview

Belveglio is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 306 residents, ranked 96 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Belveglio is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (113 of 117) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.046 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 6.1%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Belveglio declared an average taxable income of 23,654 euros, in line with the province (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Belveglio is in climate zone E, with 2,527 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 141 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Belveglio has 1 pharmacy.

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 5.6% of the land in Belveglio, compared with 7.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Belveglio 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 Belveglio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Belveglio: 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 Belveglio 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 Belveglio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 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 005008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.