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Manta: 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: Strada Statale 589 1, Manta.

Manta, a frescoed castle on the edge of Saluzzo

The baronial hall of the castle of Manta, now run by FAI, Italy's National Trust, holds one of the best-known cycles of secular frescoes of fifteenth-century Piedmont, with the fountain of youth and a parade of heroes and heroines. The castle overlooks the village from the top of the hill; below, Manta stretches towards the plain and almost runs into Saluzzo, just south of the town.

The land runs from the hill to the orchards of the Saluzzo plain, one of the main fruit-growing areas in Piedmont, with apple orchards and kiwi vines among the farmsteads. Buyers will find detached houses, village houses and recent blocks of flats, with Saluzzo a few minutes away for schools, hospital care and services and Cuneo within driving distance. Average declared incomes are above the average for the province of Cuneo.

The population is holding steady: 3,777 residents in 2023, up 1.1% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age of 44.9 is lower than the province (46.3), with over-65s at 23.5% and foreign residents at 9.2%.

The province of Cuneo has 141 municipalities in seismic zone 3 and 106 in zone 4 of the Civil Protection Department's scale. Manta is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.121 g: a moderate value, though for an older house it is still worth asking a surveyor to look at the structure as well. Climate zone E brings cold winters.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report traces an address back to its plot. On the hill below the castle, gradient and landslides matter; on the plain, flooding near watercourses: the report checks both at the exact spot.

Key points

  • Castle of Manta with its fifteenth-century frescoes, next to Saluzzo.
  • 3,777 residents in 2023, up 1.1% since 2011.
  • Incomes above the average for the province of Cuneo.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.121 g.

Overview

Manta is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,777 residents, ranked 32 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Manta is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. 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 0.121 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 grown by 1.1%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Manta declared an average taxable income of 25,839 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Manta is in climate zone E, with 2,814 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 404 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Manta has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 3 sports facilities.

There are 0.3 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).

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 11.5% of the land in Manta, 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

Manta 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 Manta.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Manta: 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 Manta 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 30 inhabited census areas in Manta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 78 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 6.9%
  • good 71.4%
  • very good 21.6%

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 004116. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.