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Cortiglione: 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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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 Roma 1, Cortiglione.

Cortiglione, Monferrato hills in the south of Asti province

Ridge roads, farmed hills and villages gathered on hilltops: Cortiglione is one of the small municipalities of the Monferrato in the southern part of the province of Asti. The village stands at around 210 metres and keeps a rural pace. For work and services, people look to Asti and the larger towns of the area.

House hunters mostly find village homes and scattered farmhouses, often with a bit of land. Before buying a rural building to restore, it is worth working out what redoing the roof and systems will cost, whether the access road is paved and whether the areas recorded in the land registry match the real ones.

In 2023 there were 527 residents, down 8.5% on the 576 of 2011. The average age of 49.3 is close to the provincial 47.9, and over-65s make up 28.1% (27.3% in the province). Foreign residents are 8.7%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

Earthquakes are not a major issue: Cortiglione is in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like almost the whole province (113 municipalities out of 117), and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.047 g. On these hills, ground stability and the state of the foundations matter more, especially for houses built on a slope.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the land parcel from the address. Shallow landslides and the slope of the plot are checked on the official maps for the exact spot: conditions can differ from one side of the same hill to the other.

Key points

  • Monferrato hills, in the south of Asti province.
  • 527 residents, down 8.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like 113 municipalities in the province.
  • Houses on slopes: check ground and foundations.

Overview

Cortiglione is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 527 residents, ranked 69 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cortiglione 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 0.047 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 8.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cortiglione declared an average taxable income of 24,089 euros, in line with the province (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cortiglione is in climate zone E, with 2,659 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 211 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cortiglione has 1 school.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 5.1% of the land in Cortiglione, 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

Cortiglione 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 open contaminated sites in Cortiglione; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cortiglione: 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 Cortiglione 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 Cortiglione. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 005048. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.