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Piea: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Asti, 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 Vallunga 1, Piea.

Piea, a hilltop in the Asti Monferrato

The Monferrato hills around Asti hold many small municipalities built on high ground, and Piea is one of them: a compact centre at around 275 metres, with houses spread along the roads that drop towards the fields and woods. Asti is the reference point for work, the hospital and secondary schools, and residents make the trip by car.

In 2023 there were 508 residents, 104 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 17.0% according to Istat, the national statistics office. Alongside an older population (mean age 51.8 against 47.9 in the province, over-65s at 32.5%), foreign residents make up 11.8%. Declared incomes are below the Asti average.

Buyers mostly find farmhouses and village houses with a courtyard, sometimes with a few hectares of land. These buildings need a careful check: roof, timber floors, damp in the walls and often outdated systems. For outbuildings converted into homes, make sure the building permits are in order.

Earthquakes carry little weight: Piea is in seismic zone 4, the lowest, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.040 g. On these hills, slope stability matters more.

The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps cover the municipality, and the report links the address to the land parcel, checking landslide hazard on the official maps and the slope for that spot. The climate zone is E.

Key points

  • Compact centre on a Monferrato hill near Asti.
  • 508 residents in 2023, down 17.0% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents at 11.8%, over-65s at 32.5%.
  • Seismic zone 4: slope stability matters more.

Overview

Piea is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 508 residents, ranked 73 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Piea is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (113 of 117) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.040 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 17.0%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 11.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Piea declared an average taxable income of 22,608 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Piea is in climate zone E, with 2,713 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 275 metres above sea level.

Services

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 5.1% of the land in Piea, compared with 7.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Piea 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 Piea.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Piea: 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 Piea 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 9 inhabited census areas in Piea. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 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 005084. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.