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Grana Monferrato: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Asti, 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: Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi 1, Grana Monferrato.

Grana Monferrato, a hill village near Asti

Grana Monferrato sits on a hill in the Monferrato area of Asti province, at around 290 metres, not far from Asti itself. Around it are fields, woods and the ridge roads typical of these hills; people drive into the provincial capital for work, secondary schools and the hospital, and from there trains run to Turin.

The village is small and has lost residents in recent years: 510 in 2023, 112 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 18.0% according to Istat, the national statistics office. The mean age is 52.3, against 47.9 in the province, and over-65s make up 32.4%. Foreign residents are 8.0%. Declared incomes are slightly below the Asti average.

The market is mostly village houses and farmhouses, often with land. When buying on a hillside, look at the ground the house stands on: cracks in the walls, floors out of level or leaning retaining walls can point to slope movement, and it is worth having a surveyor look at them before you make an offer.

Earthquakes are not the main concern here. Grana Monferrato is in seismic zone 4, the lowest, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.040 g. The climate zone is E, with cold, damp winters.

The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps cover the municipality, and the report traces the address to the land parcel. For the reason given above, the most useful figure is landslide hazard on the official maps, which the report reads for the exact location of the house together with the slope of the ground.

Key points

  • Monferrato hills in Asti province, not far from Asti.
  • 510 residents in 2023, 112 fewer than in 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest: acceleration about 0.040 g.
  • Hillside homes: have cracks and retaining walls checked.

Overview

Grana Monferrato is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 510 residents, ranked 72 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Grana Monferrato is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (113 of 117) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.040 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 18.0%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Grana Monferrato declared an average taxable income of 22,427 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Grana Monferrato is in climate zone E, with 2,725 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 289 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Grana Monferrato has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 4.3% of the land in Grana Monferrato, compared with 7.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Grana Monferrato 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 Grana Monferrato.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Grana Monferrato: 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 Grana Monferrato 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 3 inhabited census areas in Grana Monferrato. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 005056. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.