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Montezemolo: 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: Via Maestra 1, Montezemolo.

Montezemolo, a ridge-top village in the Alta Langa

Ceva is the nearest town for services, and Montezemolo sits higher up, on a ridge in the Alta Langa, the upland part of the Langhe hills, at over seven hundred metres. The landscape is ridges, woods and meadows, with houses grouped in the village and farmhouses scattered over the hills. You arrive by car, and you need a car for everything.

The number of places to eat is high for the population: 22.52 restaurants and cafés per 1,000 residents, against 5.51 in the province of Cuneo. With such small numbers the ratio climbs quickly, so read it with caution. For buyers, the homes on offer are often old stone buildings or farmhouses with land: check the roof, damp, the wiring and plumbing and, on sloping plots, the retaining walls.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there are 222 residents (2023), against 270 in 2011, a fall of 17.8%. The estimated average age is 55.6, well above the provincial 46.3, and over-65s make up 37.8%. Foreign residents account for 10.4%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

The province of Cuneo is split between zone 3 (141 municipalities) and zone 4 (106) on the Civil Protection Department's earthquake scale. Montezemolo is in zone 3, with a modest expected ground acceleration of about 0.059 g. Climate zone F means cold winters, sometimes with snow on the ridge. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel and checks the official landslide hazard maps.

Key points

  • Ridge-top village in the Alta Langa, over seven hundred metres up.
  • 222 residents in 2023, down 17.8% since 2011.
  • Average age 55.6, against 46.3 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.059 g.

Overview

Montezemolo is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 222 residents, ranked 194 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montezemolo 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 0.059 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 17.8%. The estimated average age is 56 years, higher than the province average (46). 38% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montezemolo declared an average taxable income of 24,097 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montezemolo is in climate zone F, with 3,234 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 741 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Montezemolo has 1 green area.

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 4.9% of the land in Montezemolo, 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

Montezemolo 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 Montezemolo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montezemolo: 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 Montezemolo 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 11 inhabited census areas in Montezemolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 13.3%
  • fair 86.7%

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 004141. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.