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Ceresole Alba: 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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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 Martiri di Ceresole 1, Ceresole Alba.

Ceresole Alba, the plain between Carmagnola and the Roero

Ceresole Alba covers a stretch of plain and gentle rises in the northern corner of the province of Cuneo, towards Carmagnola and the Turin area, on the edge of the Roero hills. The village's name is linked to a sixteenth-century battle between French and Imperial armies. The land is agricultural, with fields, farmsteads and livestock farms, and the nearest larger towns are Carmagnola, Bra and, further off, Turin.

Buyers will find the village, with courtyard houses and small villas, and a countryside full of farmsteads, some of them large. Farmsteads give you space and land, but renovation and heating costs need careful sums: the climate zone is E, with cold, foggy winters. In the countryside, access roads, utility connections and distance to services also matter, and the report measures these from the exact address.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 1,997 residents at the end of 2023, down 5.6% on 2011. The average age is 47.7, against 46.3 for the province, and 26.9% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 6.4%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.

Ceresole Alba is in seismic zone 3, like 140 other municipalities in the province of Cuneo, with a low expected ground acceleration of 0.053 g. In brick farmsteads it is still worth checking roofs, timber floors and how any extensions were built.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps: the report goes from the address to the land parcel and reads the official landslide and flood maps for that spot.

Key points

  • Farming plain on the edge of the Roero, towards Carmagnola.
  • Large farmsteads: work out renovation and heating costs.
  • Population down 5.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.053 g.

Overview

Ceresole Alba is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,997 residents, ranked 76 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ceresole Alba is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. 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 0.053 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 5.6%. 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 6.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ceresole Alba declared an average taxable income of 23,698 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ceresole Alba is in climate zone E, with 2,628 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 301 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ceresole Alba has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 5.8% of the land in Ceresole Alba, compared with 5.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 21.3 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Ceresole Alba 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 Ceresole Alba.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ceresole Alba: 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 Ceresole Alba 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 63 inhabited census areas in Ceresole Alba. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 39.6%
  • good 60.4%

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 004062. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.