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Roatto: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Frazione Briassa 1, Roatto.

Roatto, a small municipality in the hills west of Asti

Roatto is one of the many small municipalities in the Asti hills, west of the provincial capital, with the village on a rise surrounded by fields, woods and a few vineyards. Asti is where people go for work, secondary schools, the hospital and trains, while roads to the west lead towards Turin. Day-to-day life needs a car for almost everything, from shopping to the doctor.

Housing is mostly village buildings and brick farmhouses, often large, with a courtyard and outbuildings. If you buy a farmhouse, allow for the cost of a big roof and many rooms to heat, and have a surveyor check the walls. In the Monferrato hills clay soils can move after long spells of rain, so the report reads the official landslide maps at the exact address.

In 2023 there were 358 residents, down 4.3% on the 374 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 50.6, against 47.9 in the province of Asti, and over-65s make up 30.2%, more than the provincial 27.3%. Foreign residents are 5.9%. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

Roatto is in seismic zone 4, the lowest on the Civil Protection scale, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.042 g in the built-up area. Earthquakes are not the first cost to plan for: in farmhouses foundations, cracks and damp matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Roatto's cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Small hill municipality west of Asti.
  • Brick farmhouses: assess roof, walls and heating costs.
  • Over-65s at 30.2%, against 27.3% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.042 g.

Overview

Roatto is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 358 residents, ranked 90 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Roatto is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (113 of 117) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.042 g, a low 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 4.3%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Roatto declared an average taxable income of 26,765 euros, above the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Roatto is in climate zone E, with 2,697 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 256 metres above sea level.

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 5.6% of the land in Roatto, compared with 7.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Roatto 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 Roatto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Roatto: 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 Roatto 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 14 inhabited census areas in Roatto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 005091. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.