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Cavatore: 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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For example: Strada Valle Orecchie 1, Cavatore.

Cavatore, in the hills above Acqui Terme

From Acqui Terme it takes only a few kilometres of bends to reach Cavatore, a small village at about five hundred metres looking down on the Acqui basin. The old village has stone houses and narrow streets, surrounded by a mix of woods, vineyards and meadows. It is a farming and residential community tied in every way to Acqui.

Acqui Terme has schools, a hospital, shops and the railway, and is close enough to make Cavatore liveable all year round for anyone with a car. Many houses in the old village have been renovated as second homes, while the countryside has farmsteads and farmhouses. In stone buildings, check roofs, damp and wiring and plumbing; climate zone E calls for good insulation.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 258 residents in 2023: 43 fewer than the 301 of 2011, a fall of 14.3%. The average age is 52.9, against 48.9 in the province of Alessandria, and over-65s make up 33.3%. Foreign residents account for 9.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For earthquakes Cavatore is in zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 127 of the 187 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.055 g in the built-up area, a low figure. In an old house the most useful check is how walls, floors and roof are tied together. The report checks landslides and slope for the address on the official maps, using the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, which are published for the municipality.

Key points

  • Small hill village a few kilometres from Acqui Terme.
  • 258 residents in 2023, down 14.3% since 2011.
  • Services, hospital and railway in Acqui Terme.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.055 g.

Overview

Cavatore is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 258 residents, ranked 164 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cavatore 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 0.055 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 14.3%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (49). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cavatore declared an average taxable income of 22,037 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cavatore is in climate zone E, with 2,916 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 516 metres above sea level.

Services

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 4.2% of the land in Cavatore, 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

Cavatore 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 Cavatore.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cavatore: 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 Cavatore 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 7 inhabited census areas in Cavatore. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 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 006055. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.