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Limone Piemonte: 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: Corso Nizza 1, Limone Piemonte.

Limone Piemonte, skiing and the railway below the Col de Tende

The last Italian village in the Vermenagna valley before the Colle di Tenda (Col de Tende) is a ski resort at about a thousand metres, south of Cuneo. Limone Piemonte lives on winters in the snow and summers in the mountains, and the road over the pass continues towards France and Liguria. The village has a station on the Cuneo-Ventimiglia railway, linking it to the provincial capital on one side and the coast on the other.

Tourism shows in the figures: the village has 69 recorded services of various kinds, and average incomes are above the average for the province of Cuneo. For buyers, the first question is how the home will be used. For year-round living, heating, insulation and access in snow weigh heavily, as this is climate zone F; for a seasonal home, service charges, the running of shared systems and distance from the slopes matter more.

There are 1,342 residents (2023), down 9.9% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office, and households are small, 1.64 people on average. The average age is 50.3 against 46.3 in the province, and over-65s make up 28.9%.

Limone is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.144 g. In older stone houses, have walls and roofs checked, as in the mountains they also carry the weight of snow.

For the address, the report checks the slope, the official landslide maps and the flood maps along the Vermenagna stream, and finds the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps.

Key points

  • Ski resort in the Vermenagna valley, below the Col de Tende.
  • Station on the Cuneo-Ventimiglia railway.
  • 1,342 residents, down 9.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.144 g.

Overview

Limone Piemonte is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,342 residents, ranked 95 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Limone Piemonte is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.144 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 9.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (46). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Limone Piemonte declared an average taxable income of 26,894 euros, above the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Limone Piemonte is in climate zone F, with 3,566 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,009 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Limone Piemonte has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility, 5 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 2.2 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.1).

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 1.7% of the land in Limone Piemonte, 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

Limone Piemonte 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 Limone Piemonte.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Limone Piemonte: 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 Limone Piemonte 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 45 inhabited census areas in Limone Piemonte. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 6.6%
  • fair 68.4%
  • good 25.0%

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 004110. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.