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Erli: what to know before buying a home

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

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Erli, a Val Neva village inland from Albenga

The Val Neva is one of the valleys running down to the plain of Albenga, on the Ligurian coast, and Erli sits on its slopes below the peaks of the Ligurian Alps, at around two hundred and eighty metres at the town hall, with hamlets scattered higher up. The landscape is woods, terraced strips and narrow roads linking the clusters of houses. Albenga and the coast are the reference for shops, secondary schools, hospital and trains.

For buyers, the valley offers stone houses in the old hamlets and the odd isolated house with land. The checks are concrete: whether you can drive to the door or only walk, the state of the dry-stone terrace walls, damp and the roof. The climate is milder than in the mountains (climate zone D), but old stone houses stay cold unless they are insulated. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, useful along the stream and on the slopes.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 219 residents in 2023, against 256 in 2011, a fall of 14.5%. The estimated average age is 55.8, against 49.7 in the province of Savona, and over-65s make up 37.9%. Foreign residents account for 14.6%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Erli is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 46 of the 69 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.111 g in the built-up area. In a masonry building, ask whether any structural work has been done and how it is documented. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Val Neva village inland from Albenga.
  • 219 residents in 2023, down 14.5% since 2011.
  • Stone houses: check car access, dry-stone walls and damp.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.111 g.

Overview

Erli is a municipality in the province of Savona, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 219 residents, among the smallest in the province (64 of 69).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Erli is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (46 of 69) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.111 g, a moderate 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 14.5%. The estimated average age is 56 years, higher than the province average (50). 38% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 14.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Erli declared an average taxable income of 17,026 euros, below the provincial average (24,469 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Erli is in climate zone D, with 1,983 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 280 metres above sea level.

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 1.7% of the land in Erli, compared with 6.7% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Erli is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Liguria in 2026. 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 Erli.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Erli: 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 Erli 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 4 inhabited census areas in Erli. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 13.0%
  • fair 87.0%

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 009028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.