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Cunico: 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 Casariglio 1, Cunico.

Cunico, a small village in the hills north of Asti

Cunico is a village of a few hundred people in the hills of the northern part of the province of Asti. The centre is small, and the rest of the municipality is farmland, woods and farmhouses scattered along minor roads. Many residents work elsewhere: Asti is the reference town for services and offices.

For buyers, Cunico mainly offers country houses and detached homes with land, often in need of renovation. With properties like these, what counts is the soundness of the walls, damp in cellars and ground floors, the state of the roof and services, and the heating bills of an isolated house. Every journey is by car: the report measures the distance from the address to the nearest services, which in a village this small are almost always in another municipality.

The population has fallen. In 2023 there were 432 residents, 18.2% fewer than the 528 of 2011. The estimated average age is 49.1, against 47.9 for the province, and over-65s make up 30.3%. Foreign residents account for 10.9%. Households average 2.12 people, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquakes are a minor issue here. Cunico is in seismic zone 4, the lowest in the national classification kept by the Civil Protection Department, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province of Asti, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.039 g. On these hills, it matters more to check landslide hazard on the slopes, which the report reads for the individual plot from the official maps.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel, which also helps to see where a farmhouse's land ends.

Key points

  • Country village in the hills of the northern province of Asti.
  • 432 residents in 2023, down 18.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like 113 of 117 municipalities.
  • Landslide hazard on slopes to be checked plot by plot.

Overview

Cunico is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 432 residents, ranked 80 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cunico 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 0.039 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 18.2%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cunico declared an average taxable income of 21,627 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cunico is in climate zone F, with 2,698 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 257 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 5.7% of the land in Cunico, 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

Cunico 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 Cunico.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cunico: 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 Cunico 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 14 inhabited census areas in Cunico. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.1%
  • fair 95.9%

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 005051. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.