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Cartignano: 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 Paschero 1, Cartignano.

Cartignano, in the lower Valle Maira

Heading up the Valle Maira from Dronero, you soon reach Cartignano, one of the first municipalities in the valley, with its village and a few hamlets among meadows and woods. The village stands at around seven hundred metres. Dronero, a short drive away, has shops, schools and services, and Cuneo, the provincial capital, is the reference for the hospital and work.

Compared with the villages of the upper valley, distances to services here are shorter. The estimated average age is 46.8, almost the same as the 46.3 of the province of Cuneo, over-65s make up 25.0% and foreign residents 8.5%. In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 164 residents, 14 fewer than the 178 of 2011, a fall of 7.9%.

Most houses are traditional stone buildings, some restored and some needing work. In climate zone F the heating stays on for many months, so insulation and the heating system should be weighed alongside the price. For homes near the stream or below the slopes, look carefully at the exact position.

The province of Cuneo is split between two seismic zones, and Cartignano is in the more exposed of the two: zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 141 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.139 g. For an old masonry building, ask whether any structural work has been done. The report reads the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address and, with the Revenue Agency's maps, finds the cadastral parcel.

Key points

  • One of the first municipalities up the Valle Maira from Dronero.
  • Average age 46.8, against 46.3 in the province.
  • 164 residents in 2023, down 7.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.139 g.

Overview

Cartignano is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 164 residents, ranked 210 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cartignano 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 0.139 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 7.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cartignano declared an average taxable income of 22,058 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cartignano is in climate zone F, with 3,171 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 690 metres above sea level.

Services

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 2.9% of the land in Cartignano, 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

Cartignano 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 Cartignano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cartignano: 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 Cartignano 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 Cartignano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 72.0%
  • good 28.0%

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 004044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.