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Olivola: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Luigi Pugno 1, Olivola.

Olivola, a hill village in the Monferrato near Casale

Gentle ridges, fields, copses and scattered farmhouses: around Olivola the Monferrato looks just as you would picture it. The village, in the Casale Monferrato area, is gathered on high ground at around two hundred and eighty metres. Casale is the town people rely on for services, schools and the hospital, while Asti and Alessandria are within driving distance.

The houses bought here are mainly country homes and village houses, often brick-built, with cellars and courtyards. In many Monferrato houses the state of the roof, damp in the ground-floor walls and the quality of the floors are worth having checked. The report adds distances to schools, pharmacies and shops measured from the address.

In 2023 there were 109 residents, 14 fewer than in 2011, down 11.4%, according to Istat, Italy's national statistics office. The estimated average age is 53.9, against 48.9 in the province of Alessandria, and over-65s make up 33.9%. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low: the province has 127 municipalities in seismic zone 3 and 60 in zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and Olivola is in zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.040 g.

On the slopes landslide hazard changes from one piece of land to the next and must be read for the individual plot; the report does this on the official maps starting from the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, which lead to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Monferrato hill village in the Casale area.
  • 109 residents in 2023, down 11.4% since 2011.
  • Declared incomes above the provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.040 g.

Overview

Olivola is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 109 residents, among the smallest in the province (184 of 187).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Olivola 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 0.040 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 11.4%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (49). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Olivola declared an average taxable income of 35,778 euros, above the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Olivola is in climate zone E, with 2,717 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 280 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 4.8% of the land in Olivola, 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

Olivola 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 Olivola.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Olivola: 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 Olivola 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 6 inhabited census areas in Olivola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 006118. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.