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Gabiano: 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: Via San Carpoforo 1, Gabiano.

Gabiano, Monferrato hills above the Po valley

Gabiano lies in the Monferrato hills overlooking the Po valley, in the north-western part of the province of Alessandria. The village is dominated by its castle, and the municipality includes hamlets such as Cantavenna, along with vineyards, woods and fields running down towards the river. Its hills also give their name to a wine with a protected designation.

Buyers here usually want a hillside house with a view, a farmhouse with land or a home in the village, and need a car for everything: secondary schools, hospital and large shops are in the bigger towns of the area, such as Casale Monferrato. Average declared income is below that of the province. Gabiano is in climate zone E, with cold winters and fog on the plain.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,021 residents in 2023, against 1,212 in 2011: a fall of 15.8%. The average age is 52.7 (48.9 in the province), over-65s make up 32.8% and foreign residents 8.4%.

Earthquake hazard is low. Gabiano is in seismic zone 4, like 60 municipalities in the province, while the other 127 are in zone 3; the expected ground acceleration is 0.038 g. In farmhouses and hillside homes, damp, roofs and ground stability matter more.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality and the report finds the land parcel from the address. For the same location it shows the official landslide maps on the slopes and the flood maps for the part of the municipality near the Po.

Key points

  • Monferrato hills with a castle, overlooking the Po valley.
  • Population down 15.8% since 2011, over-65s at 32.8%.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.038 g.
  • Landslides on slopes and floods near the Po to check.

Overview

Gabiano is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,021 residents, ranked 72 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gabiano is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 60 of 187 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 15.8%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (49). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gabiano declared an average taxable income of 21,786 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Gabiano is in climate zone E, with 2,734 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 300 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 5.4% of the land in Gabiano, 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

Gabiano 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 Gabiano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Gabiano: 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 Gabiano 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 25 inhabited census areas in Gabiano. 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 006077. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.