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Bozzole: 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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For example: Via Carlo Noe' 1, Bozzole.

Bozzole, a lowland village near the river Po

Bozzole lies on the Alessandria plain near the river Po, on the stretch between Casale Monferrato and Valenza. The land is flat and farmed for cereals and poplar plantations, with the village gathered around its church and old farmhouses. Casale is the main town for work, schools and services, while Valenza and Alessandria are also within driving distance.

For a buyer, closeness to the river is the first thing to check. The Po is a big river, and the picture differs a lot between a house in the village and a farmstead near the embankment, so the report reads the official flood maps at the exact address. In older lowland houses, rising damp and cellars prone to seepage are common.

Who lives here? In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 324 residents, almost as many as in 2011 (a fall of 2.1%). The population is slightly younger than the provincial average: an average age of 47.5 against 48.9, and over-65s at 24.4% against 28.6%. Foreign residents make up 16.0%. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Alessandria.

The province is split between two seismic zones: 127 municipalities in zone 3 and 60 in zone 4. Bozzole is in zone 4, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.046 g, a very low value. In brick houses with timber floors it is still worth having the beams and their supports checked.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Flat farmland near the Po, between Casale Monferrato and Valenza.
  • 324 residents in 2023, almost unchanged since 2011.
  • Average age 47.5, below the provincial 48.9.
  • Seismic zone 4; near the river, check the flood maps.

Overview

Bozzole is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 324 residents, ranked 148 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bozzole 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 0.046 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 2.1%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 16.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bozzole declared an average taxable income of 20,284 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bozzole is in climate zone E, with 2,559 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 91 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Bozzole has 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 2.9% of the land in Bozzole, 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

Bozzole 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 Bozzole.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bozzole: 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 Bozzole 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 2 inhabited census areas in Bozzole. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 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 006023. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.