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Denice: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Regione Bonini 1, Denice.

Denice, a hill village near Acqui Terme

Around Acqui Terme, along the wooded slopes of the Bormida valley, villages are small and built on the high ground. Denice is one of them, at around four hundred metres, with a compact old core at the top and houses scattered down the hillside. Acqui Terme is the town people look to for the hospital, secondary schools, shops and the railway station, reached along hill roads.

Houses for sale are mostly stone or brick buildings in the old village and farmhouses with land. Before buying, have the structure, roof and damp checked, and work out what it will cost to make the heating efficient: the climate zone is E, with cold, damp winters.

Denice has a small, elderly population. In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 165 residents, 25 fewer than the 190 of 2011, a fall of 13.2%; over-65s make up 39.4%, against 28.6% in the province of Alessandria. Foreign residents account for 6.7%.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 127 of the 187 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.050 g. That is a low level, where build quality and upkeep matter most. On these hills it is the slopes that deserve attention, and the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are available, and the report traces the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hill village near Acqui Terme, in the hills of the Bormida valley.
  • 165 residents in 2023, down 13.2% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 39.4%, against 28.6% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, like 127 municipalities around Alessandria.

Overview

Denice is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 165 residents, among the smallest in the province (177 of 187).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Denice is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (127 of 187) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 g, a low 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 13.2%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (49). 39% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Denice declared an average taxable income of 22,621 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Denice is in climate zone E, with 2,807 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 387 metres above sea level.

Services

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 3.7% of the land in Denice, compared with 7.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Denice 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 Denice.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Denice: 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 Denice 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 8 inhabited census areas in Denice. 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 006065. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.