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Priero: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Cuneo, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Priero, a hill village in the Ceva area

Priero is a small hill municipality in the province of Cuneo, in the Ceva area, where the Langhe hills become higher and more wooded before climbing towards the Ligurian Apennines. The village has a compact core, surrounded by hamlets and scattered houses among meadows and woodland.

This is a place where you need a car. For a big shop, secondary schools and healthcare the reference is Ceva, which also has the railway station, while for everything else people head to Mondovì or Cuneo. If you plan to move here, perhaps working from home, check the internet coverage at the address and the state of the access road in winter: climate zone E brings cold weather and some snow.

Unlike many villages around it, Priero is not emptying. In 2023 it had 501 residents, up 2.9% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 45.5, slightly below the provincial 46.3; over-65s make up 25.0% and foreign residents 12.0%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For earthquakes Priero is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 141 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.060 g in the built-up area. In stone houses, have an engineer check how the floors rest on the walls before adding weight, such as a new screed or a habitable attic.

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 near streams, the report compares the location with the official landslide and flood maps.

Key points

  • Wooded hills in the Ceva area, province of Cuneo.
  • 501 residents, up 2.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.060 g.
  • Ceva is the reference for shopping, schools and trains.

Overview

Priero is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 501 residents, ranked 153 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Priero is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (141 of 247) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.060 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 grown by 2.9%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 12.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Priero declared an average taxable income of 23,023 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Priero is in climate zone E, with 2,904 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 475 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 3.7% of the land in Priero, compared with 5.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Priero 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 Priero.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Priero: 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 Priero 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 15 inhabited census areas in Priero. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.0%
  • fair 99.0%

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 004175. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.