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Pomaro Monferrato: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Alessandria, 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 Roma 1, Pomaro Monferrato.

Pomaro Monferrato, in the Casale hills towards Valenza

In the Casale part of Monferrato, between Casale Monferrato and Valenza, the hills drop towards the Po plain. Pomaro Monferrato sits on one of these rises at a modest height, with the village gathered on top and fields and vines on the sides. For work and services people look to Casale and Valenza, and further on to Alessandria.

The population has fallen markedly. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 304 residents, 86 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 22.1%. The estimated average age is 53.2, against 48.9 for the province of Alessandria, and over-65s make up 31.3%. Foreign residents account for 6.6%.

Homes are mainly brick village houses, sometimes around an inner courtyard, and scattered farmhouses. In this part of Monferrato, rising damp, foundations and cracks deserve careful checks: on the clay soils of these hills, older buildings with shallow foundations can show cracking. A surveyor you trust can tell you whether a crack is stable or still moving.

On earthquakes the province is split: Pomaro is in seismic zone 4, the lowest in the Civil Protection classification, along with 59 other municipalities in the province, while 127 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.046 g, a low value.

Winters are cold and foggy, in climate zone E, and the energy rating counts towards yearly bills. The report for the address reads the official landslide and flood maps and traces the land parcel using the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Casale Monferrato hills, between Casale and Valenza.
  • 304 residents in 2023, down 22.1%.
  • Seismic zone 4, low expected acceleration (0.046 g).
  • Cracks and damp in walls: the first things to have checked.

Overview

Pomaro Monferrato is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 304 residents, ranked 154 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pomaro Monferrato is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 60 of 187 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.046 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 22.1%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (49). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pomaro Monferrato declared an average taxable income of 23,393 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pomaro Monferrato is in climate zone E, with 2,601 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 142 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Pomaro Monferrato has 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 4.2% of the land in Pomaro Monferrato, compared with 7.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pomaro Monferrato 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 Pomaro Monferrato.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pomaro Monferrato: 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 Pomaro Monferrato 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 11 inhabited census areas in Pomaro Monferrato. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 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 006131. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.