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Fraconalto: 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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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: Frazione Molini 9, Fraconalto.

Fraconalto, upper Val Lemme towards Liguria

Fraconalto lies in the upper Val Lemme, on the Apennine ridge that divides Piedmont from Liguria. The centre lies above seven hundred metres among chestnut and beech woods, and as the crow flies Genoa is closer than Alessandria. The village has always looked two ways: towards Gavi and the Piedmontese side of the hills on one hand, and towards the Polcevera valley and the city on the other.

Some houses are used as second homes, mainly in summer, for the cooler air. Anyone planning to live here year-round should expect long winters, in climate zone F, with snow and mountain roads, and services to be found outside the municipality. With stone houses, check the roof, damp, the heating system and winter access.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 305 residents, 47 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 13.4%. The estimated average age is 52.7, against 48.9 for the province of Alessandria, and over-65s make up 33.8%. Foreign residents account for 3.0%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

The earthquake picture is moderate: Fraconalto is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection classification, like 127 of the 187 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.087 g in the built-up area. With a stone building, it is worth knowing whether past work also dealt with the structure.

On Apennine slopes, landslides are assessed plot by plot: the report reads the official maps at the address and, using the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, reaches the land parcel.

Key points

  • Upper Val Lemme, on the Apennines at the Ligurian border.
  • 305 residents in 2023, down 13.4%.
  • Long winters in climate zone F, services outside the village.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.087 g.

Overview

Fraconalto is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 305 residents, ranked 153 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fraconalto 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 0.087 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 13.4%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (49). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fraconalto declared an average taxable income of 25,436 euros, in line with the province (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fraconalto is in climate zone F, with 3,091 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 725 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Fraconalto has 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

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 Fraconalto, 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

Fraconalto 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 medium. 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 Fraconalto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Fraconalto: 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 Fraconalto 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 17 inhabited census areas in Fraconalto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 006069. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.