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Borgo San Martino: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Alessandria, 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: Via Carlo Alberto 1, Borgo San Martino.

Borgo San Martino, the plain south of Casale Monferrato

Borgo San Martino lies on flat land south of Casale Monferrato, where farmed countryside meets the first hills of Monferrato. It is a compact village, with its centre along the main roads and low houses, courtyards and farm buildings around it. Casale is where people go for work, secondary schools and the hospital; Alessandria is a little further off.

The flat terrain makes daily life easy: cycling is practical and the drive to Casale is short. For buyers, the market is mostly detached houses with courtyards plus a few newer villas. In older houses, the thing to look for is rising damp in the walls, common in buildings on the plain.

There are 1,351 residents (2023), down 8.1% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is slightly younger than the province of Alessandria as a whole: an average age of 46.4 against 48.9, with over-65s at 24.0%. Foreign residents make up 8.7%.

The municipality is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.043 g.

On the plain, flooding is the thing to check: for the address, the report looks at the official flood hazard maps and the ground level, along with the cadastral parcel and distances to services.

Key points

  • Village on the plain south of Casale Monferrato.
  • 1,351 residents, down 8.1% since 2011.
  • Average age 46.4, below the provincial 48.9.
  • Seismic zone 4; check flooding by address.

Overview

Borgo San Martino is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,351 residents, ranked 47 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Borgo San Martino is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 60 of 187 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.043 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 8.1%. The estimated average age is 46 years, lower than the province average (49). 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Borgo San Martino declared an average taxable income of 23,709 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Borgo San Martino is in climate zone E, with 2,807 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 107 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Borgo San Martino has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 11.6% of the land in Borgo San Martino, compared with 7.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Borgo San Martino 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 Borgo San Martino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Borgo San Martino: 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 Borgo San Martino 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 16 inhabited census areas in Borgo San Martino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.1%
  • fair 95.9%

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 006020. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.