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Paesana: 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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For example: Via Barge 1, Paesana.

Paesana, the upper Po valley below Monviso

Heading up from Saluzzo towards the source of the Po, Paesana is the main town of the upper valley, at around 600 metres, with Monviso closing the horizon. Here the river is still a mountain stream and runs through the town; around it are hamlets scattered over the slopes, meadows, chestnut groves and woods. Further up are Crissolo and the Pian del Re, popular for summer walks.

Buyers here face two markets. In the main town there are houses and flats lived in all year, with shops, schools and basic services; in the hamlets stone houses dominate, often used as second homes or needing restoration, with narrow access roads that see snow in winter. Saluzzo, about half an hour away, remains the town for hospital care and secondary schools, while Cuneo and Turin are further. Climate zone F means long winters, and heating and insulation weigh heavily on running costs.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,613 residents in 2023, down 8.9% since 2011. The population is old: an average age of 50.3 against 46.3 for the province, with 31.8% over 65. Foreign residents make up 5.0%. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Cuneo.

Paesana is in seismic zone 3, with an expected acceleration of 0.135 g. In the stone houses of the hamlets, have the walls, floors and roof checked.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published. Conditions vary a great deal between the valley floor along the Po and the steep slopes, and the report reads gradient and official maps for the address.

Key points

  • Main town of the upper Po valley, below Monviso
  • Services in town, stone hamlets on the slopes
  • 31.8% over 65, average age 50.3
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.135 g

Overview

Paesana is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,613 residents, ranked 54 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Paesana is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. Most municipalities in the province (141 of 247) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.135 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 8.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (46). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Paesana declared an average taxable income of 21,073 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Paesana is in climate zone F, with 3,076 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 614 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Paesana has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 3.1% of the land in Paesana, 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

Paesana 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 open contaminated sites in Paesana; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Paesana: 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 Paesana 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 67 inhabited census areas in Paesana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 20.6%
  • good 78.8%
  • very good 0.6%

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 004157. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.