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Neive: 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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Neive, a hilltop village in Barbaresco wine country

Neive is one of the municipalities where Barbaresco wine is made, in the Langhe hills north east of Alba. The old village sits on top of a hill, its brick houses packed around the churches and steep lanes, while the newer part has grown lower down towards the Tanaro valley. All around, the land is almost entirely vineyards, with farmhouses and wineries scattered across the slopes.

House hunters will find very different options. In the upper village there are historic houses, often needing renovation and sometimes subject to rules on facades. Lower down there are detached houses and small blocks of flats, more convenient for Alba and everyday services. Farmhouses with land on the hills also attract buyers from abroad, and any vineyard that comes with them should be valued separately. Slopes and access matter a lot, and the report measures the elevation and gradient at the address.

Istat, Italy's statistics office, counted 3,236 residents in 2023, down 3.1% since 2011. The average age is 46.4, the same as Cuneo province (46.3), with 24.5% over 65. Foreign residents make up 15.4%, a high share for a hill village. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Cuneo province has municipalities in several seismic zones. Neive is in zone 4, the lowest, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.046 g, so earthquakes are a minor concern. In old hillside houses, walls built against the slope, damp and the roof deserve more attention.

Key points

  • Barbaresco wine village in the Langhe, north east of Alba.
  • 3,236 residents, down 3.1% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents 15.4%, average age 46.4.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.046 g.

Overview

Neive is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,236 residents, ranked 43 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Neive is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 106 of 247 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.046 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 3.1%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 15.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Neive declared an average taxable income of 23,992 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Neive is in climate zone E, with 2,550 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 308 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Neive has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.

There are 1.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).

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 10.3% of the land in Neive, 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

Neive is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. 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 Neive.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Neive: 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 Neive 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 66 inhabited census areas in Neive. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.6%
  • fair 44.3%
  • good 54.1%

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 004148. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.