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Guardabosone: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Vercelli, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Roma 1, Guardabosone.

Guardabosone, a woodland village on the edge of Valsesia

Chestnut and beech woods, narrow lanes and stone houses at almost five hundred metres: Guardabosone sits on the high ground that closes off the southern end of Valsesia, towards the border with the Biella area. It is a small place with few services of its own, so for shopping, the doctor and schools people drive down towards Borgosesia and the Sesia valley floor. Living here year round without a car is hard.

The housing is mostly old, many homes still owned by the descendants of people who emigrated, plus some used at weekends. Before buying, check the roof, stone or clay tile coverings, damp in walls built against the slope and how the access road copes in winter. Slope and nearness to streams vary plot by plot: the report checks them at the address against the official landslide and flood maps.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 324 residents in 2023, 16 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 4.7%, modest for a mountain village. The average age is 51.0 against 48.4 in the province of Vercelli, and people over 65 make up 32.7%. Foreign residents account for 4.6%.

The municipality is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class on the national scale, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.043 g. With a stone house the useful question is whether the walls are well tied to each other and to the roof, especially after renovations done piecemeal over the years.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps also cover Guardabosone, and the report traces the plot from the address.

Key points

  • Woodland village on the hills south of Valsesia, towards Biella.
  • 324 residents in 2023, down 4.7% since 2011.
  • Average age 51.0, over-65s at 32.7%.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.043 g.

Overview

Guardabosone is a municipality in the province of Vercelli, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 324 residents, ranked 58 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Guardabosone is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.043 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 4.7%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Guardabosone declared an average taxable income of 23,746 euros, in line with the province (24,991 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Guardabosone is in climate zone E, with 2,927 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 479 metres above sea level.

Services

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 3.8% of the land in Guardabosone, compared with 5.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Guardabosone 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 Guardabosone.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Guardabosone: 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 Guardabosone 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 4 inhabited census areas in Guardabosone. 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 002066. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.