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Moiola: 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 Davide Spada 1, Moiola.

Moiola, in the Stura valley on the road to the Maddalena pass

The main road that climbs the Valle Stura di Demonte towards the Maddalena pass and France runs through Moiola, a small municipality on the valley floor and slopes at about seven hundred metres. Traffic heading for the pass, including lorries, is something to bear in mind for houses close to the main road; the hamlets higher up are quiet. Cuneo, down the valley, is the reference for hospital, secondary schools and work.

Buyers here often choose between a house along the valley, handy for getting about, and a house in a hamlet on the slope, more secluded. Either way, check insulation and heating, because this is climate zone F. For houses near the river Stura or its side streams, the report checks the official flood maps, and on slopes the landslide maps.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 219 residents in 2023, against 252 in 2011, a fall of 13.1%. The estimated average age is 51.3, above the 46.3 of the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 33.3%. Foreign residents account for 13.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Moiola is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 141 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.148 g in the built-up area. For a stone house, ask whether it has been strengthened and what paperwork shows it, and check the roof and floors. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Stura valley village on the road to the Maddalena pass.
  • 219 residents in 2023, down 13.1% since 2011.
  • Houses on the main road: consider traffic heading for the pass.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.148 g.

Overview

Moiola is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 219 residents, ranked 196 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Moiola is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.148 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 13.1%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (46). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 13.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Moiola declared an average taxable income of 21,722 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Moiola is in climate zone F, with 3,169 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 689 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 2.6% of the land in Moiola, 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

Moiola is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Moiola. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Moiola: 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 Moiola 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 11 inhabited census areas in Moiola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 95.9%
  • good 4.1%

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 004123. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.