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Marsaglia: 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: Strada Sant` Antonio 1, Marsaglia.

Marsaglia, a ridge village in the Langhe hills of Cuneo

On the ridges of the Langhe hills in the province of Cuneo, Marsaglia lies at around six hundred metres, with the village gathered along the ridge and farmhouses scattered on the slopes among meadows, woods and fields. It is a small municipality where life depends on the car: Ceva and Dogliani are the nearby towns for shopping and services, Mondovì and Alba the larger ones for hospital and secondary schools.

Houses on the market are mostly rural buildings in stone or mixed masonry, often with land around them. On Langhe hillsides, slope and soil need to be taken seriously: retaining walls, drainage and cracks in the walls are the first things to have a surveyor look at. The report checks the official landslide hazard maps for the address and measures elevation and distance to services.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 219 residents in 2023, against 261 in 2011, a fall of 16.1%. The estimated average age is 52.1, against 46.3 in the province, and over-65s make up 37.0%. Foreign residents account for 8.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

This is climate zone F, with cold winters on the ridge. The earthquake picture is calm: Marsaglia is in zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 106 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.059 g in the built-up area. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and from the address the report reaches the land parcel and the price range set for the area by the Revenue Agency's property market observatory (OMI).

Key points

  • Ridge village in the Langhe, at around six hundred metres.
  • 219 residents in 2023, down 16.1% since 2011.
  • On hillsides, check retaining walls, drainage and cracks.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.059 g.

Overview

Marsaglia is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 219 residents, ranked 195 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Marsaglia is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 106 of 247 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.059 g, a moderate 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 16.1%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (46). 37% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Marsaglia declared an average taxable income of 19,300 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Marsaglia is in climate zone F, with 3,068 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 607 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 3.2% of the land in Marsaglia, 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

Marsaglia 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 Marsaglia.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Marsaglia: 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 Marsaglia 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 9 inhabited census areas in Marsaglia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 004120. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.