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Monastero Bormida: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Asti, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Search for an address in Monastero Bormida

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, Monastero Bormida.

Monastero Bormida, a castle and a bridge on the river

The village takes its name from a medieval monastery, around which grew the castle that still marks the centre today. Monastero Bormida lies on the valley floor of the Bormida river, in the Langa Astigiana, and the old stone bridge over the river is its other landmark. Hills of vineyards, hazelnut groves and woods rise all around.

It is a small place, some way from the provincial capitals, living on farming, a few crafts and tourism built on wine and food: there are 8.33 places to eat per 1,000 residents, against 5.34 in the province. Declared average income is slightly below the provincial figure.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 840 residents, down 16.5% on the 1,006 of 2011. The average age is 50.9 (47.9 for the province), over-65s are 33.2% and foreign residents 7.4%.

For buyers, the key question is where the house stands in relation to the river. Houses on the valley floor are convenient but close to the Bormida; those in the hills are more isolated and depend on provincial roads. The report checks the official flood and landslide maps at the individual address, and here they change a great deal within a few hundred metres.

Monastero Bormida is in seismic zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.049 g. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and the report links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Castle and medieval bridge on the Bormida valley floor.
  • Valley floor or hillside: floods and landslides checked by address.
  • Population down 16.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest in the classification.

Overview

Monastero Bormida is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 840 residents, ranked 46 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Monastero Bormida is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (113 of 117) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.049 g, a low 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 16.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Monastero Bormida declared an average taxable income of 23,317 euros, in line with the province (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Monastero Bormida is in climate zone E, with 2,471 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 191 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Monastero Bormida has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 6.5% of the land in Monastero Bormida, compared with 7.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Monastero Bormida 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 Monastero Bormida.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Monastero Bormida: 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 Monastero Bormida 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 12 inhabited census areas in Monastero Bormida. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 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 005068. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.