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Odalengo Piccolo: what to know before buying a home

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

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Odalengo Piccolo, a ridge village in the Monferrato hills

Odalengo Piccolo is a municipality in its own right, separate from Odalengo Grande, and lies in the Monferrato hills of the province of Alessandria, at about three hundred metres. The landscape is typical of the area: farmed ridges, woods in the gullies, small clusters of houses along the hilltops and isolated farmhouses. Casale Monferrato is the reference town for shopping, secondary schools and the hospital.

People who come here usually want a house with land, often an old rural building to restore. Before falling for the view, a few checks are worth making: the access road and who maintains it, connection to mains drainage and water, and the condition of the roof. Clay soils in the Monferrato hills can shift, so any crack in the walls should be seen by a surveyor before completion. The report checks the official landslide hazard maps for the address.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there are 227 residents (2023), against 270 in 2011, a fall of 15.9%. The estimated average age is 50.2, slightly above the provincial 48.9, and over-65s make up 33.5%. Foreign residents account for 11.5%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

On earthquakes, the province of Alessandria is split: 127 municipalities are in zone 3 and 60 in zone 4 of the Civil Protection Department's scale. Odalengo Piccolo is in zone 4, with a low expected ground acceleration of about 0.038 g in the built-up area. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel and its details.

Key points

  • Monferrato hill village, separate from Odalengo Grande.
  • 227 residents in 2023, down 15.9% since 2011.
  • On hillside plots, check for cracks and landslide hazard.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.038 g.

Overview

Odalengo Piccolo is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 227 residents, among the smallest in the province (168 of 187).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Odalengo Piccolo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 60 of 187 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 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 15.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 11.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Odalengo Piccolo declared an average taxable income of 25,503 euros, in line with the province (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Odalengo Piccolo is in climate zone E, with 2,725 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 289 metres above sea level.

Services

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 4.0% of the land in Odalengo Piccolo, compared with 7.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Odalengo Piccolo 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 Odalengo Piccolo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Odalengo Piccolo: 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 Odalengo Piccolo 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 8 inhabited census areas in Odalengo Piccolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 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 006117. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.