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Prunetto: 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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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 San Sebastiano 1, Prunetto.

Prunetto, a ridge in the Alta Langa

The Alta Langa is the highest and most wooded part of the Langhe, away from the hills of the famous wines, with long ridges, hazelnut groves, meadows and woods. Prunetto sits on one of these ridges at around 750 metres, above the Bormida valley, in the province of Cuneo. For work and services people drive down to Ceva or Cortemilia.

Buyers in the Alta Langa want space, quiet and landscape, often a stone farmhouse with land. The checks are those typical of isolated houses: the access road and snow clearing, water, drainage, internet, and the state of the roof and walls. In climate zone F, at this height, winters are cold and heating a large house should be costed in advance.

In 2023 there were 395 residents, down 16.1% on 2011. The population is elderly: an estimated average age of 53.7 against 46.3 for the province of Cuneo, and over-65s at 40.3% against 25.1%. Foreign residents account for 10.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low: Prunetto is in seismic zone 4 of the national classification kept by the Civil Protection Department, like 105 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.053 g. On the Langhe slopes the ground matters more: landslides are checked for the individual plot on the official maps.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the land parcel from the address, useful to see which land is included in the sale of a farmhouse.

Key points

  • Alta Langa, on a ridge above the Bormida valley.
  • Over-65s at 40.3%, against 25.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.053 g.
  • Isolated farmhouses: check access, water and drainage.

Overview

Prunetto is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 395 residents, ranked 166 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Prunetto is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 106 of 247 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.053 g, a moderate 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 16.1%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (46). 40% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Prunetto declared an average taxable income of 21,590 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Prunetto is in climate zone F, with 3,245 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 750 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 4.3% of the land in Prunetto, 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

Prunetto 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 Prunetto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Prunetto: 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 Prunetto 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 23 inhabited census areas in Prunetto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.4%
  • fair 97.6%

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 004178. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.