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Mombarcaro: 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: Borgata Costalunga 1, Mombarcaro.

Mombarcaro, at the top of the Alta Langa

Mombarcaro stands at almost nine hundred metres on the crest of the Langhe hills, and on clear days the village has a view of the whole arc of the Alps. This is the Alta Langa, the less known and more wooded part of the area, far from the famous vineyards lower down. The village is small, with its old core at the top and farmhouses scattered over the slopes.

Many buyers come for the quiet and the landscape, often looking for a second home. Living here all year means accepting distances: the main services are in Ceva, Cortemilia or further away towards Alba, and the roads are hilly. Climate zone F means long winters, windy at this height.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 268 residents in 2023, slightly fewer than the 274 of 2011, a fall of 2.2%. The population is very old: the average age is 54.5, against 46.3 in the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 41.0% against 25.1%. Foreign residents account for 16.4%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 106 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.055 g in the built-up area. Earthquake risk is low; in the Langhe the stability of the ground matters more. For a specific plot the report gives the slope and the official landslide maps, working from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Village at almost nine hundred metres on the Alta Langa crest.
  • 268 residents in 2023, down 2.2% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 41.0%, against 25.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.055 g.

Overview

Mombarcaro is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 268 residents, ranked 186 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mombarcaro 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 0.055 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 2.2%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (46). 41% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 16.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mombarcaro declared an average taxable income of 21,824 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mombarcaro is in climate zone F, with 3,426 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 896 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 2.5% of the land in Mombarcaro, 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

Mombarcaro 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 Mombarcaro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mombarcaro: 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 Mombarcaro 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 20 inhabited census areas in Mombarcaro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 004124. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.