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Pino d'Asti: 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 Maestra 1, Pino d'Asti.

Pino d'Asti, Basso Monferrato hills on the Turin side

Pino d'Asti lies in the hills of the Basso Monferrato, in the part of the province of Asti that faces Chieri and Turin, at about four hundred metres. It is a small village with a centre on a rise, scattered farmhouses, woods and fields. For work people look to the Turin and Chieri area or to Asti, and for secondary schools, hospital and large shops everyone drives.

The population has barely moved: 216 residents in 2023 according to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, against 221 in 2011, a change of -2.3%. The estimated average age is 50.9, against 47.9 in the province, and over-65s make up 27.8%, close to the provincial 27.3%. Foreign residents account for 15.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Buyers here usually want a detached house with a garden or a farmhouse with land, within manageable reach of the Turin area. The checks not to skip are the access road, the drainage connection (in the countryside there is often a septic tank to inspect), mains water or a well, and on sloping plots any cracks in the walls, which a surveyor should see. The report checks the official landslide hazard maps for the address and measures the distance to services.

Earthquake hazard is low: Pino d'Asti is in zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.041 g. Winters are those of the Piedmont hills, in climate zone E. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Basso Monferrato village, on the Chieri and Turin side of Asti province.
  • 216 residents in 2023, against 221 in 2011.
  • In the countryside, check drainage, water and the access road.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.041 g.

Overview

Pino d'Asti is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 216 residents, among the smallest in the province (108 of 117).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pino d'Asti 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 0.041 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 2.3%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 15.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pino d'Asti declared an average taxable income of 18,708 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pino d'Asti is in climate zone E, with 2,828 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 412 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 4.4% of the land in Pino d'Asti, 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

Pino d'Asti 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 Pino d'Asti.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pino d'Asti: 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 Pino d'Asti 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 3 inhabited census areas in Pino d'Asti. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 005085. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.