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Montaldo Scarampi: 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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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 Giovanni Battista Binello 1, Montaldo Scarampi.

Montaldo Scarampi, a small village in the Asti hills

In the hills of the province of Asti, Montaldo Scarampi has its town hall at about 260 metres, with farmland all around. The provincial capital is not far and has schools, a hospital, shops and the railway station; the village itself has few services and almost everything is done by car.

The market is that of the Asti hills: village houses, farmhouses with land, a few villas. In houses on sloping ground, look for cracks, uneven floors and signs of damp, and ask when the roof and systems were last redone. The report reads the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address and measures elevation and slope, which on the hills vary a lot from one house to the next. Winters are climate zone E.

Istat figures describe an ageing village. At the end of 2023 there were 706 residents, 82 fewer than the 788 of 2011 (down 10.4%). The average age is 50.0 against 47.9 in the province, over-65s make up 28.5% and foreign residents 5.7%. Households average 2.05 people and average declared income is close to the provincial figure, just below it.

Montaldo Scarampi is in seismic zone 4, the lowest, like 112 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.044 g. Earthquakes weigh little in choosing a house here.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report traces an address to its land parcel and building.

Key points

  • Small hill municipality at about 260 metres, in the province of Asti.
  • Average age 50.0, against 47.9 in the province.
  • 706 residents, down 10.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.044 g.

Overview

Montaldo Scarampi is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 706 residents, ranked 55 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montaldo Scarampi 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 0.044 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 10.4%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montaldo Scarampi declared an average taxable income of 23,831 euros, in line with the province (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montaldo Scarampi is in climate zone E, with 2,699 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 258 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 7.1% of the land in Montaldo Scarampi, 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

Montaldo Scarampi 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 Montaldo Scarampi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montaldo Scarampi: 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 Montaldo Scarampi 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 14 inhabited census areas in Montaldo Scarampi. 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 005074. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.