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Cervere: 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 Beato Bartolomeo 1, Cervere.

Cervere, the leek village on the Stura plain

Leeks have made Cervere known well beyond the province of Cuneo. The long, sweet variety grown here is protected by Slow Food, and every autumn its fair brings in visitors from outside. The village lies on the plain crossed by the Stura di Demonte river, between Fossano and Bra, with fields and vegetable plots running right up to the last houses.

Most of what is on sale is detached houses and small villas with gardens, plus the odd farmhouse to restore out in the countryside and a compact village centre. Work is found in the surrounding towns and in the businesses between Fossano, Bra and Alba, nearly always by car. If you are looking at an isolated farmhouse, check the access road, utility connections and the roof before making an offer.

Figures from Istat, Italy's national statistics office, show a village holding its own: 2,262 residents in 2023, up 4.6% on 2011. The average age of 44.1 is lower than the 46.3 of the province, and people over 65 are 20.3%, against 25.1% across the province. Foreign residents make up 8.0%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average, and winters are cold and foggy (climate zone E).

Cervere is in seismic zone 3 on the scale kept by the Protezione Civile (Civil Protection Department), with an expected acceleration of 0.062 g. That is a moderate level, shared by much of the Cuneo plain. For an older masonry house, ask a surveyor about the structure and any work already done.

On lower-lying land, the river is what to look at. The report for the address checks the official flood maps for the exact spot.

Key points

  • On the Stura di Demonte plain, between Fossano and Bra.
  • 2,262 residents, up 4.6% since 2011.
  • Average age 44.1, below 46.3 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.062 g.

Overview

Cervere is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,262 residents, ranked 60 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cervere 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 0.062 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 grown by 4.6%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cervere declared an average taxable income of 25,003 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cervere is in climate zone E, with 2,631 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 304 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cervere has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 10.2% of the land in Cervere, compared with 5.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cervere 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 Cervere.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cervere: 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 Cervere 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 36 inhabited census areas in Cervere. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 6.0%
  • fair 93.4%
  • good 0.5%

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 004065. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.