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Celle di Macra: 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 Bassura 1, Celle di Macra.

Celle di Macra, Occitan hamlets on the slopes of the Val Maira

From the floor of the Val Maira, which climbs westwards from Dronero between woods and rock faces, a narrow road leads high up the hillside to Celle di Macra, at around twelve hundred and seventy metres, where the houses are split into small hamlets. It is an Occitan-speaking valley, visited mostly by walkers and by people looking for quiet mountains.

Buying here almost always means choosing a stone hamlet house, with a slab roof and rustic outbuildings. The practical questions are the same as in any Alpine hamlet: how you get there in winter, who clears the snow, how far the water mains and sewers reach, and what it costs to heat a house in climate zone F. For services and schools you go down to the lower valley.

For a mountain village the population is almost stable: 89 residents in 2023, against 93 at the 2011 census, a fall of 4.3%. The estimated average age is 47.7, and over-65s make up 27.0%, close to the 25.1% for the province of Cuneo. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Celle di Macra is in seismic zone 3, on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department, together with 140 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.139 g. In a stone building, find out how walls, floors and roof are tied together and whether any strengthening work has been done.

Between slopes and streams, hazards change from hamlet to hamlet. The report checks landslides and flooding on the official maps at the exact address and finds the land parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Occitan hamlets on the slopes of the Val Maira.
  • 89 residents in 2023, 93 in 2011.
  • Over-65s at 27.0%, against 25.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.139 g.

Overview

Celle di Macra is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 89 residents, among the smallest in the province (229 of 247).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Celle di Macra 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 4.3%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 0.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Celle di Macra declared an average taxable income of 19,577 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Celle di Macra is in climate zone F, with 3,890 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,270 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 0.7% of the land in Celle di Macra, 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

Celle di Macra 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 Celle di Macra.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Celle di Macra: 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 Celle di Macra 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 18 inhabited census areas in Celle di Macra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 48.8%
  • good 51.2%

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 004060. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.