Parodi Ligure: 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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Parodi Ligure, hills between the Novi plain and the Apennines
The name hints at how close Liguria is, but Parodi Ligure is a Piedmontese municipality in the province of Alessandria. It lies in the hills south of Novi Ligure, where the plain starts climbing towards the Apennines, with the village centre at around three hundred metres and a landscape of woods, fields and scattered clusters of houses.
It is a small, quiet residential place. There are few businesses in the village itself, so work, schools, shopping and doctors mean driving to the larger towns nearby, such as Gavi and Novi Ligure. People who buy here usually want space and peace, often in a stone house or a farmhouse in need of work, and should budget for heating: the area is in climate zone E, with cold winters.
In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 589 residents, 121 fewer than the 710 recorded in the 2011 census, a fall of 17.0%. The population is old: the average age is 56.2, against 48.9 for the province, and over-65s make up 37.4%, against 28.6%. Foreign residents account for 7.5%, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The province of Alessandria has two seismic zones: 127 municipalities are in zone 3 and 60 in zone 4. Parodi Ligure is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.085 g. With an old stone building, have the load-bearing walls, floors and roof checked before signing, because strengthening work can add a great deal to the final bill.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps for the municipality, so the report can trace an address to its land parcel. On the slopes and near streams, landslide and flood hazards are read from the official maps for the exact spot.
Key points
- Alessandria hills south of Novi Ligure, rising towards the Apennines.
- 589 residents in 2023, down 17.0% since 2011.
- Average age 56.2, against 48.9 in the province.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.085 g.
Overview
Parodi Ligure is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 589 residents, ranked 104 of 187 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Parodi Ligure 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 0.085 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 17.0%. The estimated average age is 56 years, higher than the province average (49). 37% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Parodi Ligure declared an average taxable income of 22,822 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Parodi Ligure is in climate zone E, with 2,662 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 330 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 3.8% of the land in Parodi Ligure, 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
Parodi Ligure 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 Parodi Ligure.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Parodi Ligure: 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 Parodi Ligure 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 15 inhabited census areas in Parodi Ligure. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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
- 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 Piemonte, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Piemonte, Anagrafe regionale dei siti contaminati (ASCO). Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 9 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 006126. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.