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Cesio: what to know before buying a home

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

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Cesio, inland from Imperia below the San Bartolomeo pass

If you drive up from Imperia towards Pieve di Teco and Piedmont, you pass through Cesio, a village in the upper Impero valley just below the San Bartolomeo pass, at about five hundred and thirty metres. The land is made up of slopes with terraces of olive trees, woods and small clusters of stone houses. The sea is roughly half an hour away by road, but the landscape here is already inland hill country.

For services you go down to Imperia, which has a hospital, secondary schools and shops, or across to Pieve di Teco. There are no shops in the village. Houses are often old stone buildings on several floors, built into the slope, and should be assessed for damp, roofs and the dry-stone walls of the terraces around them. The climate zone is E, colder than the coast.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 257 residents, down 10.1% from 286 in 2011. The estimated average age is 48.1, slightly below the 48.7 of the province, and over-65s make up 23.3%, less than the provincial 28.5%. Foreign residents account for 16.3%. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Imperia.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 36 of the 66 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.152 g in the built-up area, not a negligible value for Liguria. For a stone building, ask whether any structural work has been done. On the terraced slopes the report shows the slope and official landslide maps for the address, starting from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Village in the upper Impero valley, below the San Bartolomeo pass.
  • 257 residents in 2023, down 10.1% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 23.3%, below 28.5% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.152 g.

Overview

Cesio is a municipality in the province of Imperia, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 257 residents, ranked 56 of 66 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cesio is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (36 of 66) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.152 g, a medium-high 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 10.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 16.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cesio declared an average taxable income of 19,939 euros, below the provincial average (21,487 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cesio is in climate zone E, with 2,416 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 530 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Cesio has 1 sports facility.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 4.0% of the land in Cesio, compared with 6.4% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cesio is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Liguria in 2026. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Cesio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cesio: 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 Cesio 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 5 inhabited census areas in Cesio. 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 008018. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.