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Marene: 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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For example: Via Guglielmo Marconi 1, Marene.

Marene, Cuneo plain at the A6 motorway exit

The Marene exit on the A6 Turin to Savona motorway gives this village on the Cuneo plain a handy position: Turin one way, the Ligurian coast the other, and Savigliano, Bra and Fossano close by. The land is flat, farmed and well tended, with scattered farmsteads, and the village has grown around its centre with residential streets and business areas.

Marene is growing, and clearly so: 3,348 residents in 2023, 9.6% more than in 2011, that is 293 people. It is also clearly younger than average, with an average age of 42.8 against 46.3 in the province and over-65s at 20.7% against 25.1%. Foreign residents make up 10.8%. Average incomes are in line with the provincial average.

Buyers mostly find detached and terraced houses and flats in recent low-rise blocks, as well as farmhouses to restore out in the fields. It suits families working between Savigliano, Bra and Fossano or using the motorway every day. Basic services are there; for secondary schools and hospitals you go to the nearby towns.

Cuneo province is split between seismic zones 3 and 4 in the Civil Protection classification, and Marene is in zone 3, with a low expected acceleration of about 0.067 g. Southern Piedmont has still had noticeable earthquakes, so for brick farmhouses ask about the condition of roofs and load-bearing walls. On the plain, near canals and watercourses, the report checks the official flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Cuneo plain village with its own A6 motorway exit.
  • Residents up 9.6% since 2011.
  • Average age 42.8, over-65s at 20.7%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.067 g.

Overview

Marene is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,348 residents, ranked 40 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Marene 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 0.067 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 9.6%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Marene declared an average taxable income of 24,508 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Marene is in climate zone E, with 2,639 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 310 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Marene has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 3 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.3 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

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 9.3% of the land in Marene, compared with 5.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 5.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Marene 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 Marene.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Marene: 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 Marene 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 49 inhabited census areas in Marene. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 30.3%
  • good 69.7%

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 004117. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.