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Cervatto: 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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Cervatto, a hillside village in the Val Mastallone

The Val Mastallone is one of the side valleys of the Valsesia, narrow and wooded, with the stream of the same name running through it. Cervatto sits on a slope above the valley floor at around a thousand metres, its stone and timber houses set on the hillside among meadows.

The village is tiny, and buyers nearly always come for a quiet mountain home that is not too far from the plain. A few practical checks come before signing: what the road is like in winter, how long it takes to reach services in the lower valley, and what state the roof and timber structures are in. Cervatto is in climate zone F, the coldest band in Italy's heating classification, so heating weighs on the budget of anyone living here all year.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 47 residents in 2023, down 2.1% since 2011. The share of over-65s (27.7%) is close to that of the province of Vercelli (28.0%), and the estimated average age is 52.2 against 48.4. Foreign residents make up 8.5%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low: Cervatto is in seismic zone 4, along with 80 other municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.058 g. In such a deep valley, landslides, avalanches and stream floods weigh more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel. For landslides, avalanches and streams, the report checks the official maps at the exact address, because the hazard varies a lot from one house to another.

Key points

  • Hillside village in the Val Mastallone, a side valley of the Valsesia.
  • 47 residents in 2023, down 2.1% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 27.7%, close to 28.0% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.058 g.

Overview

Cervatto is a municipality in the province of Vercelli, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 47 residents, among the smallest in the province (82 of 82).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cervatto 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 0.058 g, a moderate 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 2.1%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cervatto declared an average taxable income of 19,574 euros, below the provincial average (24,991 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cervatto is in climate zone F, with 3,610 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,004 metres above sea level.

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 0.6% of the land in Cervatto, 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

Cervatto 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 Cervatto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cervatto: 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 Cervatto 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 10 inhabited census areas in Cervatto. 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 002041. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.