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Cerrione: what to know before buying a home

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

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Cerrione, the Serra ridge, the Bessa and Biella's airfield

Cerrione is the municipality in the Biella area that is home to Biella's airport and to part of the Bessa nature reserve, a stretch of pebbles left by ancient Roman gold workings. It lies south-west of Biella on the slopes of the Serra, the long glacial ridge running down towards the Canavese, and it is split into several hamlets with different characters.

For house hunters the options range from detached houses with gardens in the hamlets nearest the road to Biella, to old stone farm clusters on the Serra slopes, which are more isolated. Biella is about twenty minutes away; towards Ivrea and the Turin to Aosta motorway you cross the Serra. Daily life without a car is hard, so test the journey before deciding.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,753 residents (2023), down 4.9% on 2011. The average age of 48.2 is lower than in Biella province (49.7); 27.7% are over 65 and 2.7% are foreign nationals. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Earthquake risk is low: seismic zone 4, with an expected acceleration of 0.040 g. In climate zone E, for houses built before the 1990s look first at insulation, windows and the boiler, which drive energy bills more than anything else.

Between the Serra woods and the damp lowland ground, conditions change a lot. The report reads the official landslide and flood maps for the address and measures the slope of the plot.

Key points

  • Biella airport and part of the Bessa nature reserve
  • Hamlets on the Serra ridge, south-west of Biella
  • 2,753 residents, down 4.9% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 4, acceleration 0.040 g

Overview

Cerrione is a municipality in the province of Biella, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,753 residents, ranked 12 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cerrione is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (50 of 74) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.040 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 4.9%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cerrione declared an average taxable income of 24,036 euros, in line with the province (25,111 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cerrione is in climate zone E, with 2,629 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 250 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cerrione has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 8.0% of the land in Cerrione, compared with 8.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cerrione 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 open contaminated sites in Cerrione; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cerrione: 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 Cerrione 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 41 inhabited census areas in Cerrione. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 19.9%
  • fair 80.1%

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 096018. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.