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Camerana: 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, Camerana.

Camerana, Alta Langa ridges above the Bormida

Camerana is a village in the Alta Langa, the highest and most wooded part of the Langhe hills, looking over the Bormida valley. The centre stands above five hundred metres, and the municipality is made up of ridges, woods, meadows and scattered farmsteads, away from the better known and busier landscapes of the lower Langhe.

The appeal for a buyer is space: stone farmhouses with land and village houses with views across the hills; the report gives the local price range for the address. The drawbacks are distance and climate. This is climate zone E, winters are cold, and for work, secondary schools and the hospital you drive to the larger towns.

There were 555 residents in 2023, 100 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 15.3%. Over-65s make up 33.7%, against 25.1% in the province of Cuneo, and the average age is 51.7. Foreign nationals account for 6.8%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

The province of Cuneo is split between seismic zones 3 and 4. Camerana is in zone 4, the lowest, along with 105 other municipalities, with an expected acceleration of about 0.055 g. In a farmhouse, the state of the load-bearing walls, roof and floors matters more.

On the marl and sandstone slopes of the Langhe, landslides are the thing to watch most closely, and the report checks each plot on the official maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality and link the address to the plot.

Key points

  • Alta Langa village above five hundred metres, over the Bormida valley.
  • Over-65s at 33.7%, against 25.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.055 g.
  • Langhe slopes: check landslide risk on the plot.

Overview

Camerana is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 555 residents, ranked 149 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Camerana 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 0.055 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 15.3%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (46). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Camerana declared an average taxable income of 24,663 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Camerana is in climate zone E, with 2,966 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 525 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Camerana has 2 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 3.6% of the land in Camerana, 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

Camerana 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 Camerana.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Camerana: 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 Camerana 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 Camerana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 004035. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.