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Cissone: 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 Moretta 1, Cissone.

Cissone, a small village in the Langhe hills

Cissone sits in the Langhe hills of the province of Cuneo, in southern Piedmont, a handful of houses with the town hall at roughly six hundred and sixty metres. The roads linking it to the next villages are narrow provincial routes full of bends, and in winter ice is part of the picture.

Most people looking at property here have a second home or a farmhouse to restore in mind. Either way, start with the practical side. Schools, doctors, a pharmacy and supermarkets mean a drive to the larger towns of the area. Cissone is in climate zone F, the coldest band in the Italian heating classification, so winters are long and heating costs need careful sums, especially behind uninsulated stone walls.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 78 residents in 2023, down 4.9% since 2011. The estimated average age is 49.6, above 46.3 for the province, and people over 65 make up 32.1% of residents against 25.1% province-wide. Declared incomes are below the Cuneo average.

On earthquakes, Cissone is in zone 4, the lowest on the scale used by the Civil Protection Department, along with 105 other municipalities in the province. Expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.053 g. In a hillside house, the roof, damp in the walls and the condition of the floors usually matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, so the report traces the address back to its land parcel. Slopes and landslide hazard vary from one plot to the next on ground like this, and they are checked on the official maps for the individual house.

Key points

  • Hill village in the Langhe, province of Cuneo, climate zone F.
  • 78 residents in 2023, down 4.9% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 32.1%, against 25.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.053 g.

Overview

Cissone is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 78 residents, among the smallest in the province (236 of 247).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cissone is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 106 of 247 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.053 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 4.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (46). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cissone declared an average taxable income of 18,245 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cissone is in climate zone F, with 3,135 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 661 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 4.3% of the land in Cissone, compared with 5.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cissone is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. 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 Cissone.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cissone: 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 Cissone 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 7 inhabited census areas in Cissone. 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 004070. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.