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Ricaldone: 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 Umberto Primo 1, Ricaldone.

Ricaldone, Acqui vineyards and Luigi Tenco's village

Anyone who follows Italian songwriting links Ricaldone with Luigi Tenco, who spent his childhood here and is buried here. Beyond that, it is a small hill village in the Alto Monferrato, in the Acqui Terme area, with its houses on top of a rise and the slopes around them planted with vines.

Wine shapes the land: rows of vines, cellars and farms take up much of the ground, and anyone buying a house with a garden or a rural building should expect spraying and work in the vineyards nearby. Homes in the centre are mostly old brick or stone buildings, often in need of work; in the countryside there are farmhouses with land. For secondary schools, the hospital and trains, people look to Acqui Terme.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 607 residents, 10.1% fewer than in 2011 (68 people). The average age is 49.3, against 48.9 in the province of Alessandria; over-65s are 28.2% of residents and foreign nationals 19.1%. Declared incomes are lower than the provincial average.

Ricaldone is in seismic zone 3 along with 126 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of around 0.058 g. The hazard is moderate, but in an older building it is worth having a surveyor check load-bearing walls, floors and roof, and asking what work has been done and under which permits.

Cadastral maps are published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), so the report links the address to its land parcel. On the slopes, gradient and ground stability matter, and the report compares them with the official landslide hazard maps.

Key points

  • Hill village near Acqui Terme, with slopes planted with vines.
  • Luigi Tenco spent his childhood here and is buried here.
  • 607 residents in 2023, foreign nationals 19.1%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration around 0.058 g.

Overview

Ricaldone is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 607 residents, ranked 102 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ricaldone 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 0.058 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 10.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 19.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ricaldone declared an average taxable income of 18,502 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ricaldone is in climate zone E, with 2,722 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 285 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ricaldone has 1 pharmacy.

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 4.3% of the land in Ricaldone, 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

Ricaldone 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 Ricaldone.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ricaldone: 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 Ricaldone 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 12 inhabited census areas in Ricaldone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 006143. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.