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Pertengo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Vercelli, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Cesare Battisti 1, Pertengo.

Pertengo, Vercelli rice fields towards Monferrato

Pertengo is a village in the rice-growing plain of Vercelli, in north-western Italy, in the southern part of the province towards the border with Alessandria. It lies at just over a hundred and twenty metres, surrounded by rice paddies, canals and farmsteads. For work and services people look to Vercelli and Casale Monferrato, both within driving distance.

Compared with many small villages the population is holding up, and it is younger than average. Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 325 residents in 2023, slightly more than the 321 of 2011 (up 1.2%). The estimated average age is 45.2, below the 48.4 of the province of Vercelli, and 22.2% of residents are over 65, against 28.0% across the province. Households average 2.18 people; foreign residents make up 12.3%. Incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

The market offers village houses, small detached homes and large courtyard farmsteads, often built for rice farming and now in need of adapting. On the plain the main issue is water: the water table is high, the rice fields are flooded in spring, and ground-floor and basement rooms suffer from rising damp. Before buying, look at the base of the walls and ask whether any damp-proofing has been done. Climate zone E brings fog and damp in winter.

Seismic risk is low. Pertengo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class on the Civil Protection scale, like 81 of the 82 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.037 g.

With the rivers of the plain and its network of canals, the most useful check is flooding: the report looks up the official maps for the address and finds the land parcel on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Rice-growing plain in the south of Vercelli province.
  • Population up 1.2% since 2011.
  • Average age 45.2, below the province of Vercelli.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest, acceleration about 0.037 g.

Overview

Pertengo is a municipality in the province of Vercelli, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 325 residents, ranked 56 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pertengo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.037 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 grown by 1.2%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (48). 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 12.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pertengo declared an average taxable income of 23,464 euros, below the provincial average (24,991 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pertengo is in climate zone E, with 2,782 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 122 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pertengo has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 3.7% of the land in Pertengo, compared with 5.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pertengo 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 contaminated sites in Pertengo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pertengo: 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 Pertengo 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 2 inhabited census areas in Pertengo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 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 002091. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.