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Robella: 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: Via Torino 1, Robella.

Robella, a hill village in the north of the Asti area

Robella's houses are spread over the hills of the northern province of Asti, at around 430 metres, among woods and meadows, in small clusters along the ridges. It is a farming and residential municipality, where daily life relies on the nearby towns. For work and services the reference cities are Asti and, looking west, the Turin area.

Many of the homes for sale are farmhouses and rural houses with a courtyard, a hay barn or outbuilding, and often a piece of land. Buyers should ask what it costs to heat them (this is climate zone E), check the water supply and drainage, and get an idea of what the roof needs. Cracks in the walls should be looked at with a surveyor, because in hill country they can be linked to the ground. The report checks gradient and landslide hazard for the address on the official maps.

In 2023 there were 438 residents, against 504 in 2011, a fall of 13.1%. The estimated average age is 51.6 (47.9 provincially) and over-65s make up 34.7%, against 27.3% for the province of Asti. Foreign residents account for 12.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low: Robella is in seismic zone 4 on the scale kept by the Civil Protection Department, like 112 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.039 g. In country houses, damp and maintenance matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, so from the address the report finds the land parcel and the plots around it.

Key points

  • Hills in the north of the Asti area, at about 430 metres.
  • 438 residents in 2023, down 13.1% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 34.7%, foreign residents at 12.1%.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.039 g.

Overview

Robella is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 438 residents, ranked 79 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Robella 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 0.039 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 13.1%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 12.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Robella declared an average taxable income of 20,803 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Robella is in climate zone E, with 2,842 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 428 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 4.8% of the land in Robella, 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

Robella 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Robella. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Robella: 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 Robella 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 21 inhabited census areas in Robella. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 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 005092. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.