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Fabbrica Curone: 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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Fabbrica Curone, the upper Val Curone and Caldirola

At the head of the Val Curone, where the province of Alessandria climbs towards the Apennines and the border with Lombardy, Fabbrica Curone is a mountain municipality made up of many hamlets. The best known is Caldirola, a summer and winter holiday resort with many holiday homes. The rest of the land is woods, meadows and small stone clusters along the roads that climb the valley.

For a buyer the choice is often between a second home in Caldirola, in a holiday setting, and a family house in one of the more isolated hamlets. Either way the climate zone is F: long winters, snow and heating that weighs on running costs. The main services, from schools to hospital care, are down the valley and towards Tortona.

The population is markedly older than the province's: the estimated average age reaches 57.3, against 48.9, and over-65s make up 44.2%. Households are small, averaging 1.59 people. In 2023 there were 566 residents, 18.6% fewer than in 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. Foreign residents account for 13.8%.

Fabbrica Curone is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 127 of the 187 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.098 g. For a stone house, what matters is how walls and floors are tied together, the state of the roof and the snow load.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report finds the land parcel from the address. In an Apennine valley, slopes and streams should be checked on the official landslide and flood maps for the exact location.

Key points

  • Upper Val Curone, with the holiday resort of Caldirola.
  • Estimated average age 57.3, over-65s at 44.2%.
  • Climate zone F: snow and heating costs to plan for.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.098 g.

Overview

Fabbrica Curone is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 566 residents, ranked 108 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fabbrica Curone 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 0.098 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 18.6%. The estimated average age is 57 years, higher than the province average (49). 44% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 13.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fabbrica Curone declared an average taxable income of 21,156 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fabbrica Curone is in climate zone F, with 3,080 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 712 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fabbrica Curone has 1 pharmacy.

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 2.1% of the land in Fabbrica Curone, 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

Fabbrica Curone 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 Fabbrica Curone.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Fabbrica Curone: 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 Fabbrica Curone 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 49 inhabited census areas in Fabbrica Curone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 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 006067. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.