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Briaglia: 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: Via Andrea Borsarelli 1, Briaglia.

Briaglia, the hills of the Mondovì area

Briaglia is a small hill municipality in the Mondovì area, close to Mondovì and Vicoforte, at over five hundred metres. The land is hills, meadows, woods and scattered hamlets, with views that in winter reach the snow-covered Maritime Alps. Mondovì is the town for everything: work, schools, the hospital, shops and the railway.

It is chosen by people who want to live in the countryside without moving far from town, and declared incomes are above the average for the province of Cuneo. The market includes renovated houses, farmhouses and detached homes with gardens. On the hills, look at retaining walls, access and drainage; the report checks the official landslide maps at the address.

There were 310 residents in 2023, a fall of 4.3% on 2011, according to Istat, Italy's national statistics office. The estimated average age is 48.2, against 46.3 in the province, and over-65s make up 26.1%. Foreign residents account for 1.9%, a low share.

The province of Cuneo is split between seismic zone 3 (141 municipalities) and zone 4 (106 municipalities) on the Civil Protection Department's national scale. Briaglia is in zone 4, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.068 g. For a renovated farmhouse, ask whether the work covered the roof and floors or only the finishes.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre covers Briaglia, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hills of the Mondovì area, near Mondovì and Vicoforte.
  • Declared incomes above the average for the province of Cuneo.
  • 310 residents in 2023, down 4.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.068 g.

Overview

Briaglia is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 310 residents, ranked 178 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Briaglia is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 106 of 247 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.068 g, a moderate 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 4.3%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Briaglia declared an average taxable income of 27,054 euros, above the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Briaglia is in climate zone E, with 2,827 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 546 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Briaglia has 1 sports facility.

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 3.7% of the land in Briaglia, 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

Briaglia 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 Briaglia.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Briaglia: 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 Briaglia 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 Briaglia. 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 004030. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.