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Roccabruna: 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: Borgata Sant'Anna 1, Roccabruna.

Roccabruna, mountain hamlets in the lower Val Maira

Roccabruna spreads over the hillside of the lower Val Maira above Dronero, with the town hall at around seven hundred metres and many hamlets, known locally as borgate, scattered higher up among meadows, chestnut groves and woodland. Cuneo is about half an hour away by car, and for work and services people look down to the plain, with Dronero as the nearest town.

Buyers here are often after a house with land or a mountain cottage to restore. Before making an offer, check three things: how you reach the house when it snows, whether the road is public or private, and the state of the roof and of any walls built against the hillside. The area is in climate zone F, with long cold winters, so insulation and heating weigh heavily on running costs.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,531 residents in 2023, down 3.7% since 2011. The average age is 47.9, slightly above the 46.3 of the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 25.9%. Foreign residents account for 5.6%. Declared incomes are practically level with the provincial average.

The province of Cuneo is split between seismic zones 3 and 4: 141 municipalities in the first, 106 in the second. Roccabruna is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.139 g. In a stone house in a hamlet, what matters most is how the roof and floors were rebuilt.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report traces the address to its land parcel. On the slopes, landslide hazard should be read for the exact spot, since it changes from one hamlet to the next.

Key points

  • Hamlets spread over the lower Val Maira hillside, above Dronero.
  • Long winters: insulation and heating drive running costs.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.139 g.
  • Population down 3.7% since 2011.

Overview

Roccabruna is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,531 residents, ranked 88 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Roccabruna is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.139 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 3.7%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Roccabruna declared an average taxable income of 24,924 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Roccabruna is in climate zone F, with 3,183 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 700 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Roccabruna has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 5.4% of the land in Roccabruna, 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

Roccabruna 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 Roccabruna.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Roccabruna: 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 Roccabruna 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 46 inhabited census areas in Roccabruna. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 16.1%
  • good 83.9%

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 004187. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.