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Roddino: 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: Via Monforte 1, Roddino.

Roddino, a ridge-top village in the Langhe

Roddino sits high on a ridge in the Langhe hills at around six hundred metres, with slopes falling away on every side and the Alps on the horizon on clear days. For services, secondary schools and hospital care people look to Alba, reached by car.

The Langhe draw visitors and buyers from abroad, and even a village the size of Roddino has several places to eat. The market mixes village houses, isolated farmhouses and ruins waiting to be rebuilt. With a farmhouse, check the access road, the water and sewer connections and any landscape restrictions early on, because these can stretch the timetable for building work.

The village has grown. Istat, the national statistics institute, recorded 411 residents in 2023, up 9.0% on the 377 of 2011. The average age of 46.6 is almost the same as in the province of Cuneo (46.3), and over-65s make up 24.6%. Foreign nationals are 15.6% of residents. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

On earthquakes, Roddino is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class on the scale used by Italy's Civil Protection Department, together with 105 other municipalities in the province; the expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.052 g. The climate is zone F, so winters are cold and insulation has a real effect on bills.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here and the report goes from the address to the land parcel. Landslides on the Langhe slopes are a matter for each individual plot, checked on the official maps the report consults.

Key points

  • Ridge-top village in the Langhe, at around six hundred metres.
  • Residents up 9.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.052 g.
  • Farmhouses to restore: check access, utilities and restrictions first.

Overview

Roddino is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 411 residents, ranked 165 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Roddino is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 106 of 247 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.052 g, a moderate 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 grown by 9.0%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 15.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Roddino declared an average taxable income of 23,787 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Roddino is in climate zone F, with 3,071 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 610 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 4.0% of the land in Roddino, 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

Roddino 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 Roddino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Roddino: 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 Roddino 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 9 inhabited census areas in Roddino. 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 004195. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.