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Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato: 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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Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato, two hill villages joined

Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato is a municipality formed by merging two Monferrato villages, Lu and Cuccaro, which now share their administration and services. The land is hills planted with vineyards and arable crops, between Casale Monferrato and Alessandria, which remain the places for work, hospital and secondary schools.

The population is elderly and shrinking. There were 1,296 residents in 2023, 14.7% fewer than in 2011 (the comparison adds together the two former municipalities). The average age is 50.8, against 48.9 in the province of Alessandria, and over-65s are 30.9%, above the provincial 28.6%. Foreign residents are 4.1%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

On the Monferrato hills the market offers brick village houses, farmhouses with land and the occasional villa. Many houses are large, built for big families: besides the price, estimate what it costs to heat them, as this is climate zone E. Cellars dug into the hillside and walls in contact with the ground should be checked for damp.

Seismic risk is low. The province of Alessandria has 127 municipalities in zone 3 and 60 in zone 4; Lu e Cuccaro is in zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.045 g.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published. The report finds the land parcel from the address and checks the official landslide maps, which on the clay hills of the Monferrato should be checked for each house.

Key points

  • Municipality formed by merging Lu and Cuccaro.
  • Monferrato hills between Casale and Alessandria.
  • Over-65s at 30.9%, against 28.6% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.045 g.

Overview

Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,296 residents, ranked 51 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato 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 0.045 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 14.7%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato declared an average taxable income of 24,742 euros, in line with the province (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato is in climate zone E, with 2,740 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 307 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato has 2 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 4.9% of the land in Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato, 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

Lu e Cuccaro 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 Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Lu e Cuccaro 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 Lu e Cuccaro 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 19 inhabited census areas in Lu e Cuccaro Monferrato. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 82.7%
  • good 17.3%

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 006193. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.