Orco Feglino: 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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Orco Feglino, Finale's hinterland of woods and crags
Behind Finale Ligure, close to the coast but already in a landscape of woods and rock, lies Orco Feglino, a municipality made up of the two villages that give it its name. This is the Finale hinterland, with pale limestone cliffs popular with climbers and trails used by walkers and mountain bikers.
That dual character shows in the housing. Alongside year-round residents who work on the coast or around Savona, there are homes bought as second homes or to let to people who come for outdoor sports. The sea is a few minutes' drive away, as are Finale Ligure station on the coastal railway and the junction of the A10 motorway. Houses in the old villages are stone, on several levels, with terraces and pedestrian access; outside the villages there are detached houses and rural buildings among the olive trees.
According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 917 residents in 2023, up 2.5% on 2011. The average age is 50.0, in line with the province of Savona (49.7), and over-65s make up 28.6% against 30.0%. Households are small, at 1.94 people on average, and foreign residents account for 3.7%.
Orco Feglino is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection classification, along with 45 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.071 g. The climate is mild (climate zone D) but damp in the valley bottoms, so for stone houses drainage, breathable plaster and roofs matter.
On ground this steep, landslides and flooding from streams have to be read address by address, which is what the report does with the official maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here.
Key points
- Hinterland of Finale Ligure, among woods and rock faces.
- Sea, Finale station and the A10 a few minutes away.
- Population up 2.5% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.071 g.
Overview
Orco Feglino is a municipality in the province of Savona, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 917 residents, ranked 42 of 69 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Orco Feglino 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 0.071 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 grown by 2.5%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 3.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Orco Feglino declared an average taxable income of 21,308 euros, below the provincial average (24,469 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Orco Feglino is in climate zone D, with 1,694 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 161 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Orco Feglino has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 3.8% of the land in Orco Feglino, 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
Orco Feglino is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Liguria in 2026. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Orco Feglino.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Orco Feglino: 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 Orco Feglino 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 Orco Feglino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 9.8%
- fair 90.2%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Liguria, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2026.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 009044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.