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Pianfei: 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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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 Mondovi' 1, Pianfei.

Pianfei, between the plain and the hills around Mondovì

Pianfei is a village in the Monregalese, the area around Mondovì, set where the Cuneo plain begins to rise towards the hills and valleys of the Ligurian Alps. Mondovì is close and provides jobs, secondary schools, a hospital and a railway station; Cuneo is a short drive. Many residents make that journey every day.

The municipality is both residential and agricultural. Around the centre there are detached and terraced houses and farmsteads, with fields and meadows; higher up, towards the hills, scattered houses with land. Buyers get more space than in town for the same budget, but need a car for almost everything. The climate zone is E, with cold winters.

According to Istat, the Italian national statistics office, there were 2,094 residents in 2023, down 5.8% on 2011. The average age is 45.6, slightly below the 46.3 of the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 23.1%. Foreign residents account for 5.2%. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

For earthquakes Pianfei is in zone 3, like 140 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.092 g. In brick and stone farmsteads, check the roofs, the floors and any extensions not properly tied to the original structure.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps: the report goes from the address to the plot and shows the official landslide and flood maps for that spot.

Key points

  • Village in the Monregalese, close to Mondovì.
  • Detached houses and farmsteads, plenty of space but a car is needed.
  • 2,094 residents in 2023, average age 45.6.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.092 g.

Overview

Pianfei is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,094 residents, ranked 73 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pianfei is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. 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 0.092 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 5.8%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pianfei declared an average taxable income of 23,379 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pianfei is in climate zone E, with 2,939 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 503 metres above sea level.

Services

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

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 13.8% of the land in Pianfei, compared with 5.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 4.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pianfei 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Pianfei. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pianfei: 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 Pianfei 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 47 inhabited census areas in Pianfei. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 19.0%
  • good 81.0%

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 004165. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.