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Casal Cermelli: 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 Ovada 1, Casal Cermelli.

Casal Cermelli, flat farmland between Alessandria and Ovada

Casal Cermelli is a farming village on the plain south-west of Alessandria, at around 100 metres, where fields of cereals run up to the first hills of the Ovada area. Alessandria, the provincial capital, is the place for work, secondary schools and hospital care, and it is a short drive away.

Buyers here mostly find two-storey village houses, farmsteads arranged round a courtyard, and a few newer detached houses on the edge of the village. Isolated farmhouses often offer a lot of space, but the roof, damp in the walls and the state of the wiring and plumbing need a careful look. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

There were 1,169 residents in 2023, down 5.3% on the 1,235 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is older than average: a mean age of 50.4 against 48.9 for the province of Alessandria, and over-65s at 31.7% against 28.6%. Foreign residents make up 9.2%.

On earthquakes, Casal Cermelli is in seismic zone 3 of the national classification run by the Civil Protection Department, like 127 municipalities in the province; the other 60 are in zone 4. The expected ground acceleration in the village is 0.067 g, a low value. In solid brick houses built many decades ago it is still worth having floors and roof structures checked.

Streams and irrigation canals cross the plain, and flood hazard varies from one spot to the next: the report reads it on the official maps for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the address leads straight to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Farming village on the plain south-west of Alessandria.
  • Over-65s at 31.7%, above the provincial 28.6%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.067 g.
  • Flood hazard checked on official maps, house by house.

Overview

Casal Cermelli is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,169 residents, ranked 65 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Casal Cermelli 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 0.067 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 5.3%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Casal Cermelli declared an average taxable income of 23,533 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Casal Cermelli is in climate zone E, with 2,565 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 102 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Casal Cermelli has 1 pharmacy.

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 10.1% of the land in Casal Cermelli, 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

Casal Cermelli 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 Casal Cermelli.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Casal Cermelli: 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 Casal Cermelli 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 Casal Cermelli. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 12.3%
  • fair 87.7%

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 006037. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.