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Monasterolo Casotto: 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 Trieste 2, Monasterolo Casotto.

Monasterolo Casotto, mountain houses in the Val Casotto

The Val Casotto is one of the valleys around Mondovì, wooded and thinly populated, and Monasterolo Casotto covers a stretch of it at around seven hundred and thirty metres. The village is small, with stone houses and a few newer buildings along the valley road. Mondovì is the town for secondary schools, hospital and offices, reached by car.

For buyers, what you mostly find here is village houses and isolated homes, often used as second homes. The checks are the usual mountain ones: roof, damp in the walls, services, insulation. This is climate zone F, so heating weighs on costs, and before deciding it is worth knowing how you would reach the house on snowy days.

In 2023 there were 81 residents, against 101 at the 2011 census, a fall of 19.8%. The estimated average age is 54.9, and over-65s make up 39.5%, against 25.1% for the province of Cuneo. Foreign residents account for 3.7%. Declared incomes remain below the provincial average.

In the province of Cuneo, 141 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 and 106 in zone 4, on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department; Monasterolo Casotto is among the former, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.072 g, a moderate value. In an old house, the state of the walls and roof matters most.

The stream and the wooded slopes are what to check at the address: the report looks at landslides and flooding on the official maps and finds the land parcel with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Village in the Val Casotto, in the Mondovì area.
  • 81 residents in 2023, down 19.8% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 39.5%, against 25.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.072 g.

Overview

Monasterolo Casotto is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 81 residents, among the smallest in the province (234 of 247).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Monasterolo Casotto 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 0.072 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 19.8%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (46). 40% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Monasterolo Casotto declared an average taxable income of 18,688 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Monasterolo Casotto is in climate zone F, with 3,110 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 726 metres above sea level.

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 2.9% of the land in Monasterolo Casotto, 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

Monasterolo Casotto 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 Monasterolo Casotto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Monasterolo Casotto: 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 Monasterolo Casotto 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 7 inhabited census areas in Monasterolo Casotto. 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 004127. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.