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Brignano-Frascata: 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 Roma 1, Brignano-Frascata.

Brignano-Frascata, two hamlets in the Curone valley

The hyphen in the name joins two hamlets, Brignano and Frascata, long since merged into a single municipality. This is the Val Curone, the valley of the stream that runs down from the Apennines towards the plain around Tortona, in a stretch of hills at around three hundred metres. Tortona is the town people use for secondary schools, hospital care and trains.

It is a small place with an older population: over-65s make up 38.5%, against 28.6% in the province of Alessandria, and the average age reaches 54.8. Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 408 residents in 2023, down 9.5% since 2011. Foreign nationals are 13.5%. Declared incomes, on the other hand, are above the provincial average.

What comes up for sale is mainly village houses and country homes with land, often in need of renovation. Budget for wiring and plumbing, the roof and insulation, and on an old building ask for a survey before committing. Houses near the Curone also need checking for stream flooding, which the report looks up at the address on the official maps.

Brignano-Frascata is in seismic zone 3 on the scale used by Italy's Civil Protection Department, like 126 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.096 g in the village. With stone and brick walls, the useful question is whether the structure has been strengthened, and when.

Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are available: from the address the report reaches the land parcel and any landslides mapped on the nearby slopes.

Key points

  • Two merged hamlets in the Curone valley, in the hills near Tortona.
  • Over-65s at 38.5%, against 28.6% in the province.
  • Declared incomes above the Alessandria provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.096 g.

Overview

Brignano-Frascata is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 408 residents, ranked 133 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Brignano-Frascata is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (127 of 187) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.096 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 9.5%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (49). 38% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 13.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Brignano-Frascata declared an average taxable income of 30,036 euros, above the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Brignano-Frascata is in climate zone E, with 2,724 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 288 metres above sea level.

Services

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 3.1% of the land in Brignano-Frascata, 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

Brignano-Frascata 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 Brignano-Frascata.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Brignano-Frascata: 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 Brignano-Frascata 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 23 inhabited census areas in Brignano-Frascata. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 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 006024. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.