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Cellio con Breia: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Vercelli, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Frazione Cavaglia 1, Cellio con Breia.

Cellio con Breia, two villages joined in the lower Valsesia

The name says how it came about: Cellio con Breia is the municipality formed by merging two villages of the lower Valsesia, Cellio and Breia, each with its own hamlets scattered among woods and meadows. The area sits high up, with the town hall at around 680 metres, and looks down towards the floor of the Sesia valley, where Borgosesia and the valley's main services are.

For a buyer this is a choice of countryside and low mountains. You will find stone houses in the old hamlets, small villas and renovated homes, often with land, sometimes used as second homes. The climate zone is F: long, cold winters, when insulation and heating make a big difference. Narrow, uphill roads link the hamlets, so distances to services should be measured from the exact address, not from the centre of the municipality.

In 2023 there were 937 residents, down 8.8% on 2011. The average age is 51.9, against 48.4 in the province of Vercelli, and over-65s make up 33.2% compared with 28.0% across the province. Foreign residents account for 4.4%.

Seismic hazard is low. The municipality is in zone 4, like 81 of the 82 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.044 g. On the slopes, ground stability and drainage matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. The report starts from the address, finds the parcel and checks the official landslide and flood maps, together with the elevation and slope of the plot.

Key points

  • Formed by merging Cellio and Breia, in the lower Valsesia.
  • Climate zone F: long, cold winters.
  • 937 residents, down 8.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.044 g.

Overview

Cellio con Breia is a municipality in the province of Vercelli, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 937 residents, ranked 31 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cellio con Breia is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.044 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 8.8%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cellio con Breia declared an average taxable income of 24,792 euros, in line with the province (24,991 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cellio con Breia is in climate zone F, with 3,356 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 809 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cellio con Breia has 2 schools.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 3.8% of the land in Cellio con Breia, compared with 5.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cellio con Breia 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 medium. 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 Cellio con Breia.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cellio con Breia: 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 Cellio con Breia 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 34 inhabited census areas in Cellio con Breia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 002171. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.