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Montemale di Cuneo: 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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Montemale di Cuneo, a growing mountain village in the Valle Grana

Montemale di Cuneo is a mountain village that is growing. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 233 residents, 15 more than in 2011, a rise of 6.9%. Age sets it apart too: the estimated average is 43.8, below the 46.3 of the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 18.9%, against 25.1% provincially. Foreign residents are few, 1.3%.

The municipality lies on the high ground of the lower Valle Grana, with its centre at about nine hundred metres among meadows, woods and hamlets scattered over the slopes. Cuneo is the city for work, secondary schools and the hospital, reached by car down towards the plain. People who choose to live here combine mountain life with a provincial capital that is not too far away.

Homes are mainly stone houses in the hamlets, some recently renovated, and detached houses built in recent decades. This is climate zone F: snow is normal in winter and the heating stays on for a long time, so insulation, the boiler and the access road are the first things to check. Average declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Montemale is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 141 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.140 g. For a stone house, ask whether the roof and floors have been redone and whether the walls are tied together. On sloping land the report also checks landslides and watercourses for the address on the official maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Lower Valle Grana municipality, with Cuneo as its main town.
  • 233 residents, up 6.9% since 2011.
  • Average age 43.8, below the provincial 46.3.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.140 g.

Overview

Montemale di Cuneo is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 233 residents, ranked 193 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montemale di Cuneo 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 0.140 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 grown by 6.9%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montemale di Cuneo declared an average taxable income of 22,984 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montemale di Cuneo is in climate zone F, with 3,470 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 931 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 2.9% of the land in Montemale di Cuneo, 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

Montemale di Cuneo 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 Montemale di Cuneo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montemale di Cuneo: 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 Montemale di Cuneo 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 Montemale di Cuneo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 51.9%
  • good 48.1%

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 004138. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.