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Margarita: 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: Via Roma 1, Margarita.

Margarita, the plain between Cuneo and Mondovì

Margarita is a village on the Cuneo plain, in the farmland between Cuneo and Mondovì, with the Maritime and Ligurian Alps clearly visible to the south. The land is flat and given over to cereals, meadows and orchards, with farmsteads and livestock, and the village has a compact centre with some residential areas around it. Cuneo and Mondovì are the reference towns for work, secondary schools and the hospital.

Buyers mostly find detached houses, small villas and rural homes. With a farmhouse, check the roof, the structure and the cost of making it habitable all year; with a villa, the energy rating. Winters are cold and foggy (climate zone E), and heating weighs on running costs.

There were 1,412 residents in 2023, a change of -1.4% on the 1,432 of 2011, so the population is almost stable. The average age is 46.1, in line with 46.3 for the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 24.6%. Foreign residents account for 8.4%.

The province of Cuneo has 141 municipalities in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale and 106 in zone 4. Margarita is in zone 3, with expected ground acceleration of 0.094 g. In rural buildings of brick and stone, the ties between walls and roof and any strengthening work done over the years are what count.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel. Along the streams that come down from the Alps, flood hazard changes from one spot to another and is checked on the official maps.

Key points

  • Plain between Cuneo and Mondovì, with the Alps to the south.
  • Population almost stable, 1,412 residents.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.094 g.
  • Detached houses and farmsteads: check roof and structure.

Overview

Margarita is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,412 residents, ranked 92 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Margarita 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 0.094 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 1.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Margarita declared an average taxable income of 23,999 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Margarita is in climate zone E, with 2,871 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 448 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Margarita has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 8.9% of the land in Margarita, 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

Margarita 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 Margarita.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Margarita: 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 Margarita 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 28 inhabited census areas in Margarita. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 22.3%
  • good 77.7%

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 004118. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.