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Faule: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Cuneo, 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 Severino Casana 1, Faule.

Faule, on the bank of the Po at the Turin border

The Po, along the stretch where it marks the border between the provinces of Cuneo and Turin, flows past Faule, a small farming municipality on the Cuneo plain. The land is flat and agricultural, with the village gathered close to the bank and irrigated fields around it, and the Alps and Monviso as a backdrop.

Buyers here are usually after a house with space, in the countryside, within reasonable reach of the towns on the plain and, with a longer drive, of Turin. Homes are village houses, detached houses and farmhouses. In a village this close to the river the first check concerns water: where the property sits in relation to the areas the Po can flood, whether there are basement rooms, and how the house fared in past floods, which is worth asking the seller and the neighbours.

The population has hardly moved: 490 residents in 2023, 1.2% fewer than in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age of 45.2 is a little below the provincial 46.3, and over-65s make up 23.5%. Foreign residents account for 7.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Faule is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 141 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.083 g in the built-up area. For a brick farmhouse, check the ties between walls and floors and the state of the roof before converting the outbuildings.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality and the report finds the land parcel from the address. The report then checks the address against the official maps of the Po's flood-prone areas, which here are the first thing to look at.

Key points

  • Plain on the Po, at the border with the province of Turin.
  • 490 residents, almost stable since 2011 (down 1.2%).
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.083 g.
  • Near the river: check the Po's flood-prone areas first.

Overview

Faule is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 490 residents, ranked 156 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Faule is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (141 of 247) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.083 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 1.2%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Faule declared an average taxable income of 23,110 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Faule is in climate zone E, with 2,620 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 246 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Faule has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 10.8% of the land in Faule, compared with 5.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Faule is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. 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 Faule.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Faule: 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 Faule 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 10 inhabited census areas in Faule. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 8.4%
  • good 91.6%

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 004087. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.