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Nasino: what to know before buying a home

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

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Nasino, in the Val Pennavaire inland from Albenga

Climbers know the Val Pennavaire for its limestone crags, but the valley, behind Albenga, is also a place where people live. Nasino covers part of it, with its main village at around three hundred metres and several hamlets scattered along the stream and on the slopes, among woods, terraces and stone houses. The sea is close: Albenga, on the coast, is the reference for work, secondary schools, the hospital and the railway station.

Foreign residents make up 15.3%, a share you notice in a village this small. In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 163 residents, 59 fewer than the 222 of 2011, a fall of 26.6%, with an estimated average age of 54.1 against 49.7 in the province of Savona.

Buying a village house in Liguria means getting used to steps, alleys and walls shared with the neighbours. Before completion, check the roof, damp and drainage, and be clear about how you reach the house by car and where you park. The climate zone is E: winters cooler than on the coast, but without the harshness of the high mountains.

Nasino is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 46 of the 69 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.122 g. In stone houses joined to one another, strength also depends on the neighbouring buildings, so asking whether any structural work has been done is a good start. In a valley with a stream and terraced slopes, the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address, and with the Revenue Agency's maps it finds the land parcel.

Key points

  • Municipality in the Val Pennavaire, inland from Albenga.
  • 163 residents in 2023, down 26.6% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents 15.3%; average age 54.1.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.122 g.

Overview

Nasino is a municipality in the province of Savona, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 163 residents, among the smallest in the province (67 of 69).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Nasino is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (46 of 69) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.122 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 26.6%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (50). 39% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 15.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Nasino declared an average taxable income of 22,428 euros, below the provincial average (24,469 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Nasino is in climate zone E, with 2,108 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 335 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Nasino has 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 1.2% of the land in Nasino, compared with 6.7% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Nasino is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Liguria in 2026. 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 Nasino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Nasino: 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 Nasino 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 Nasino. 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 009041. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.