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Pettinengo: what to know before buying a home

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

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Carmine Sollazzo 1, Pettinengo.

Pettinengo, a hillside balcony east of Biella

In the hills east of Biella, Pettinengo looks down over the plain and the town. It is a hillside village at around 650 metres, with hamlets strung along the road and early twentieth-century villas built when the Biella area lived on wool and its mills.

People who move here often work in Biella or in the textile villages of the nearby valleys, and travel by car. The altitude makes itself felt: this is climate zone F, with long winters and some snow, so heating and insulation need a close look, especially in large houses and period villas. On the steeper roads, winter access matters too.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,449 residents in 2023, down 10.8% since 2011. The average age of 50.2 is close to that of an already elderly province (49.7), and over-65s make up 30.5%. Foreign residents account for 8.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For earthquakes, Pettinengo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class, like 49 other municipalities around Biella, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.042 g. In older houses the real costs come from roofs, windows and boilers rather than from the structure.

The report checks slope, landslides and flooding for the address using the official maps, which is useful in an area of slopes and small streams. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report reaches the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hillside village east of Biella.
  • Population down 10.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.042 g.
  • Climate zone F: check heating and insulation.

Overview

Pettinengo is a municipality in the province of Biella, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,449 residents, ranked 27 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pettinengo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (50 of 74) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.042 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 fallen by 10.8%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pettinengo declared an average taxable income of 22,643 euros, below the provincial average (25,111 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pettinengo is in climate zone F, with 3,168 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 664 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pettinengo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 Pettinengo, compared with 8.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pettinengo 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 Pettinengo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pettinengo: 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 Pettinengo 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 24 inhabited census areas in Pettinengo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 40.8%
  • good 59.2%

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

ISTAT code 096042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.