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Pareto: 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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For example: Via Mioglia 1, Pareto.

Pareto, Acqui hills on the border with Liguria

At the southern tip of the province of Alessandria, where the hills around Acqui Terme climb towards the Apennines and the border with Liguria, Pareto is a municipality of scattered hamlets among woods and meadows, with the town hall at about 480 metres. Life here is country life: Acqui Terme and the Savona riviera are reached by car along hill roads.

In 2023 there were 510 residents, 15.3% fewer than in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The mean age is 55.5 against 48.9 in the province, and over-65s make up 39.4%, compared with 28.6%. Households are small (1.71 people) and foreign residents are 3.9%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Buyers in Pareto usually want space, quiet and a house with land, often one in need of renovation. The checks are practical ones: the access road and how it is kept clear in the cold months, where the water comes from, drainage and the state of the roof. The climate zone is E.

For earthquakes, the municipality is in seismic zone 3, like 127 of the 187 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.051 g, a low value. In stone houses, the upkeep of the structure matters more.

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel. In hilly, wooded country, landslides and flooding along streams need reading on the official maps for the individual house, which the report does for the exact address.

Key points

  • Hamlets among woods and meadows, on the border with Liguria.
  • Mean age 55.5, against 48.9 in the province.
  • Over-65s at 39.4%, against 28.6% provincially.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.051 g.

Overview

Pareto is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 510 residents, ranked 115 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pareto is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (127 of 187) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.051 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 15.3%. The estimated average age is 56 years, higher than the province average (49). 39% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pareto declared an average taxable income of 19,959 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pareto is in climate zone E, with 2,882 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 476 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Pareto has 1 sports facility.

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 2.9% of the land in Pareto, 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

Pareto 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 Pareto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pareto: 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 Pareto 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 38 inhabited census areas in Pareto. 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 006125. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.