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Pralungo: 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 Giuseppe Garibaldi 1, Pralungo.

Pralungo, at the mouth of the Cervo valley above Biella

Heading up from Biella into the Cervo valley, Pralungo is one of the first villages you reach. It sits on the slopes above the stream, a few kilometres from the provincial capital, and for many residents it works as a greener, quieter residential area of Biella. The Biella district is wool-mill country, and here too local working life grew around textiles.

Housing is mostly detached homes and family houses built after the Second World War, with a few older stone clusters. Many roads climb steeply: before buying, find out how you get out in winter, how much sun the house gets and where you can park. The climate is zone F, the coldest band, so heating costs belong in the budget.

Istat, the national statistics office, records 2,269 residents in 2023, down 14.0% on 2011. The average age is high, 50.7 against 49.7 for the province, and over-65s are 30.5%. Foreign residents are 3.3%, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The seismic zone is 3 on the Civil Protection scale, with a low expected acceleration of 0.043 g. If you are looking at a house on a slope or near the Cervo, the report for the address shows the official landslide and flood maps and the distance to services measured from the front door.

Key points

  • First village of the Cervo valley, above Biella.
  • Average age 50.7, above the province.
  • 2,269 residents, down 14.0% since 2011.
  • Climate zone F: heating weighs on running costs.

Overview

Pralungo is a municipality in the province of Biella, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,269 residents, ranked 18 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pralungo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 24 of 74 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.043 g, a low 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 14.0%. The estimated average age is 51 years, in line with the province. 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pralungo declared an average taxable income of 23,345 euros, below the provincial average (25,111 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pralungo is in climate zone F, with 3,025 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 554 metres above sea level.

Services

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

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 9.3% of the land in Pralungo, 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

Pralungo 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 Pralungo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pralungo: 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 Pralungo 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 20 inhabited census areas in Pralungo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 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 096049. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.