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Brossasco: 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 Roma 1, Brossasco.

Brossasco, the lower Varaita valley along the stream

Brossasco lies in the lower Val Varaita, in the province of Cuneo, at around 600 metres, with the village along the Varaita stream and hamlets scattered on the slopes among chestnut woods, meadows and forest. This is one of Piedmont's Occitan-speaking valleys, and the plain around Saluzzo is close by.

For house hunters the location is a compromise: low enough to drive down to the plain every day, towards Saluzzo and Cuneo for work, secondary schools and the hospital, yet high enough to have proper winters. Houses for sale are mostly stone homes in the village and hamlets, often with an attached barn or hayloft, plus a few newer detached houses. In the higher hamlets, check winter access, snow clearing and connections to water and broadband. The climate zone is F.

In 2023 991 people lived in Brossasco, 10.6% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 50.1, against 46.3 in the province, and over-65s make up 31.8%, compared with 25.1%. Foreign residents are 4.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For earthquakes the municipality is in zone 3 with 140 other municipalities in the province of Cuneo, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.135 g. Before buying a stone house with a hayloft to convert, have an engineer tell you what it will cost to make it safe and whether the change of use is allowed.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps cover the municipality, and the report finds the plot from the address. Between the Varaita valley floor and the hamlets on the slopes, floods and landslides are checked at the spot where the house stands, not as an average for the municipality.

Key points

  • Lower Val Varaita, a village by the stream and hamlets on the slopes.
  • 991 residents in 2023, over-65s at 31.8%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.135 g.
  • Haylofts to convert: check costs and change of use.

Overview

Brossasco is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 991 residents, ranked 108 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Brossasco is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. Most municipalities in the province (141 of 247) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.135 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 10.6%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (46). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Brossasco declared an average taxable income of 20,494 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Brossasco is in climate zone F, with 3,067 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 606 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Brossasco has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 3.5% of the land in Brossasco, 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

Brossasco is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 Brossasco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Brossasco: 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 Brossasco 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 31 inhabited census areas in Brossasco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 4.6%
  • good 95.4%

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 004033. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.