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Prasco: 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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For example: Via Provinciale 1, Prasco.

Prasco, hills between Acqui and Ovada

Between Acqui Terme and Ovada, in the Alto Monferrato, runs a band of fairly low hills, and Prasco is one of the small municipalities spread across it, in the province of Alessandria. The village has a compact old core surrounded by scattered houses, woods and farmland.

You need a car to live here: the two reference towns, Acqui and Ovada, have secondary schools, a hospital and shops, and from the Ovada side Liguria is within reach. Remote workers and retired people will find a quiet village; anyone who has to travel every day should test the journey before signing. In older houses, check the roof, services and insulation, since climate zone E brings cold winters.

In 2023 there were 495 residents, 10.3% fewer than in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 50.7, slightly above the provincial 48.9, and over-65s make up 30.1%. Foreign residents account for 9.7%. Households have 1.97 members on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For earthquakes Prasco is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 127 of the 187 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.063 g. The value is low: for a hillside house, foundations, walls against the slope and rainwater drainage matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality and the report finds the land parcel from the address. On sloping plots and along streams the report checks the location on the official landslide and flood maps, and measures the distance to services, which in a village this size are often in neighbouring municipalities.

Key points

  • Alto Monferrato hills between Acqui Terme and Ovada.
  • 495 residents, down 10.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.063 g.
  • Main services in Acqui and Ovada: test the commute.

Overview

Prasco is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 495 residents, ranked 120 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Prasco is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (127 of 187) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.063 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 10.3%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Prasco declared an average taxable income of 20,732 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Prasco is in climate zone E, with 2,591 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 245 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Prasco has 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

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 9.0% of the land in Prasco, 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

Prasco 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 Prasco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Prasco: 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 Prasco 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 10 inhabited census areas in Prasco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 51 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.8%
  • fair 99.2%

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 006139. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.