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Roccaforte Ligure: 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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Roccaforte Ligure, an Apennine village in the Val Borbera area

Despite its name, Roccaforte Ligure is in Piedmont, not Liguria: it is a village in the Apennines of the province of Alessandria, in the Val Borbera area, at around seven hundred metres. The land is mountainous, with dense woods, small clusters of houses and narrow roads running down to the valley floor and on to the plain.

It is an elderly community. The estimated average age is 60.1, against 48.9 in the province of Alessandria, over-65s make up 45.3% and households have 1.43 people on average. In 2023 there were 117 residents, down 24.0% on the 154 of 2011, according to Istat, Italy's national statistics office. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Buyers here are often after a cool house for the hot months, away from traffic. To live here all year, allow for climate zone F winters, the distance to schools and doctors and the drive when it snows. The report measures travel times to services from the exact spot of the house.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department's scale, together with 126 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.096 g. In stone houses and converted barns, check the timber floors and the roof.

On wooded slopes landslide hazard varies a lot from plot to plot, and the report reads it from the official maps for the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available.

Key points

  • Mountain village in the Alessandria Apennines, Val Borbera area.
  • Average age 60.1; over-65s make up 45.3%.
  • 117 residents in 2023, down 24.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.096 g.

Overview

Roccaforte Ligure is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 117 residents, among the smallest in the province (183 of 187).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Roccaforte Ligure 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 0.096 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 24.0%. The estimated average age is 60 years, higher than the province average (49). 45% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Roccaforte Ligure declared an average taxable income of 24,079 euros, in line with the province (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Roccaforte Ligure is in climate zone F, with 3,073 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 704 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 1.2% of the land in Roccaforte Ligure, 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

Roccaforte Ligure 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 Roccaforte Ligure.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Roccaforte Ligure: 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 Roccaforte Ligure 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 Roccaforte Ligure. 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 006146. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.