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Bruno: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Asti, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Bruno, in the hills around Nizza Monferrato

Bruno is a farming municipality in the southern Asti area, in the hills around Nizza Monferrato, where the landscape is almost entirely vineyards, with Barbera as the main wine and a few hazelnut groves. The village lies below two hundred metres and homes are spread between the centre and farmhouses on the knolls. Nizza Monferrato, a short drive away, is the town for services, schools and shops; Asti and Alessandria are the nearest cities.

In 2023 there were 304 residents, 47 fewer than the 351 of 2011, a fall of 13.4%. Over-65s make up 34.5%, against 27.3% for the province, and the estimated average age is 51.1. Households average 2.01 people. Foreign residents account for 5.6%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.

The housing is typical of the Asti hills: two-storey brick houses, farmhouses with haylofts and porticoes, and some detached homes. If you are buying a farmhouse, look at the attached farm buildings, whether past extensions have planning approval, and the cost of heating large spaces in a climate zone E area with damp, foggy winters.

Earthquakes are a minor concern: Bruno is in seismic zone 4 under the Civil Protection classification, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.053 g. On these clay hills, settlement and cracking in walls are more common, and worth having a surveyor look at.

The report for the address reads the official landslide and flood maps and traces the land parcel using the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Vineyard hills around Nizza Monferrato.
  • 304 residents, down 13.4% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 34.5%, against 27.3% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4: clay-soil settlement is the bigger issue.

Overview

Bruno is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 304 residents, ranked 98 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bruno is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (113 of 117) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.053 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 13.4%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bruno declared an average taxable income of 24,128 euros, in line with the province (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bruno is in climate zone E, with 2,575 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 198 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Bruno 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 4.6% of the land in Bruno, compared with 7.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bruno 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 Bruno.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bruno: 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 Bruno 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 6 inhabited census areas in Bruno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 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 005010. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.