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Casteldelfino: 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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For example: Borgata Torrette 1, Casteldelfino.

Casteldelfino, the upper Val Varaita on the road to France

The name recalls the Dauphiné, the state beyond the Alps to which the upper Val Varaita belonged for centuries before passing to the House of Savoy. Casteldelfino lies in this upper part of the valley, at around thirteen hundred metres, on the road that climbs towards Pontechianale and the Colle dell'Agnello, the pass into France that opens only in summer. The Val Varaita is one of Piedmont's Occitan valleys, and Occitan culture still shows in place names, festivals and music.

The municipality is a main village plus hamlets spread over the slopes, with stone and timber houses and stone-slab roofs. Buyers usually want a mountain house for summer or winter sports; living here all year means accepting long climate zone F winters and services some way off, in the towns further down the valley and towards Saluzzo. Before signing, check the roof, insulation and heating, as well as access to the house in snowy months.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 139 residents in 2023, 40 fewer than the 179 of 2011, a fall of 22.3%. The average age is 52.3, against 46.3 in the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 36.0%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Casteldelfino is in seismic zone 3 of the national classification, like 141 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.131 g. In stone houses, especially those extended over time, it is worth having a surveyor check how the walls are tied together.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps. Below slopes this steep, the report checks the official landslide and mountain stream maps for the address.

Key points

  • Upper Val Varaita, an Occitan valley on the road to the Colle dell'Agnello.
  • 139 residents in 2023, down 22.3% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 36.0%, average age 52.3.
  • Seismic zone 3, like 141 Cuneo municipalities.

Overview

Casteldelfino is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 139 residents, ranked 217 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Casteldelfino 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 0.131 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 22.3%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (46). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 0.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Casteldelfino declared an average taxable income of 20,311 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Casteldelfino is in climate zone F, with 4,107 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,296 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Casteldelfino has 1 grocery shop and 1 green area.

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 1.0% of the land in Casteldelfino, 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

Casteldelfino 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 Casteldelfino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Casteldelfino: 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 Casteldelfino 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 12 inhabited census areas in Casteldelfino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 20.3%
  • good 79.7%

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 004047. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.