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Ruffia: 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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Ruffia, farmland on the plain between Saluzzo and Savigliano

Ruffia is a farming village on the Cuneo plain, between Saluzzo and Savigliano, in flat countryside of fields, orchards and farmsteads. The village is small and compact, with houses along a handful of streets and farmland starting right behind them. For secondary schools, hospitals and shopping you go to the larger towns nearby, and for everything else a car is essential.

Buyers here often choose between a house in the village and a cascina, the traditional farmhouse, or an isolated rural building. With the latter, take time to check access, connections to mains water and sewers, the state of the roofs and the permitted use of former farm buildings. The plain is crossed by irrigation channels, so the report checks the official flood maps at the exact address, since the picture can differ even between neighbouring plots.

Unlike many small villages in the area, Ruffia is not losing people. In 2023 it had 361 residents, up 3.1% on the 350 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age of 45.6 is below the 46.3 of the province of Cuneo, and foreign residents make up 12.2%. Households average 2.49 people. Declared incomes are a little lower than the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, along with 140 other municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.086 g. The risk is moderate, but for a farmhouse with solid brick or river-stone walls a structural check before renovating is money well spent.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Ruffia's cadastral maps, so the report can trace an address back to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Farming village on the Cuneo plain between Saluzzo and Savigliano.
  • 361 residents, up 3.1% since 2011.
  • Average age 45.6, foreign residents at 12.2%.
  • Seismic zone 3: moderate risk, check old farmhouses.

Overview

Ruffia is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 361 residents, ranked 171 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ruffia is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. 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 0.086 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 grown by 3.1%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 12.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ruffia declared an average taxable income of 23,013 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ruffia is in climate zone E, with 2,665 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 282 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ruffia has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.

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 12.6% of the land in Ruffia, 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

Ruffia 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 Ruffia.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ruffia: 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 Ruffia 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 8 inhabited census areas in Ruffia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 25.8%
  • good 74.2%

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 004198. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.