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Cessole: what to know before buying a home

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

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Cessole, in the Langa Astigiana along the Bormida

Cessole is one of the villages of the Langa Astigiana, the southern corner of the province of Asti in Piedmont, where the hills grow steeper and more wooded. The village is split between the floor of the Bormida valley and the houses higher up the slope, at around three hundred metres. Vineyards, hazelnut groves and woods alternate on the hillsides; for larger services people head to Canelli, Acqui Terme or Asti.

Those who come looking for a house find Langa stone farmhouses, village homes and a few properties restored by people who chose the hills as a main or second home. Before buying, look at the access road, often narrow and steep, the state of the roof and damp in partly underground rooms. Near the river, it matters how high the house stands above the water.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 341 residents in 2023, against 420 in 2011, a fall of 18.8%. The estimated average age is 51.7 (in the province of Asti it is 47.9) and 32.6% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 12.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Seismic risk is low. Cessole is in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection scale, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.048 g. In an old farmhouse, the roof, the beams and walls in contact with the ground matter more than earthquakes.

For areas near the Bormida and on the slopes, the report checks the official flood and landslide maps for the address, and finds the land parcel through the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Langa Astigiana, between the Bormida valley floor and hills.
  • 341 residents in 2023, down 18.8% since 2011.
  • Stone farmhouses: check access, roof and damp.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.048 g.

Overview

Cessole is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 341 residents, ranked 92 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cessole is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (113 of 117) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.048 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 18.8%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 12.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cessole declared an average taxable income of 18,676 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cessole is in climate zone E, with 2,717 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 280 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 3.9% of the land in Cessole, compared with 7.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cessole 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 Cessole.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cessole: 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 Cessole 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 16 inhabited census areas in Cessole. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 005037. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.