Sala Monferrato: 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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Sala Monferrato, Casale hills among vines and woods
The Monferrato hills around Casale, in eastern Piedmont, are a patchwork of low rises, vineyards, woods and hilltop villages. Sala Monferrato is part of this landscape, at around two hundred and sixty metres, south of Casale Monferrato, which remains the reference town for work, schools and the hospital. Asti and Alessandria are within driving distance.
People looking for a house here usually want a country or village house with views over the hills, often one needing renovation. Traditional buildings are brick and local stone, with cellars dug beneath the houses; these in particular should be checked for damp and for the stability of the vaults. Other points to check are the roof, the access roads and, for isolated houses, the connections to mains drainage and water. Climate zone E brings cold winters with fog in the valleys.
In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 331 residents, against 377 in 2011, a fall of 12.2%. It is an older population, with an estimated average age of 54.1 against 48.9 in the province of Alessandria, and 37.8% of residents are over 65, compared with 28.6% across the province. Households average 1.83 people; foreign residents make up 7.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Seismic risk is low. Sala Monferrato is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class on the Civil Protection scale, like 60 of the 187 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.039 g.
On the Monferrato hills, clay and marl ground can move, especially on the steeper slopes. The report checks the official landslide maps for the address and finds the land parcel on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.
Key points
- Monferrato hills, south of Casale.
- Houses with cellars: check damp and vaults.
- Average age 54.1, with 37.8% over 65.
- Seismic zone 4, the lowest, acceleration about 0.039 g.
Overview
Sala Monferrato is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 331 residents, ranked 147 of 187 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sala Monferrato is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 60 of 187 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.
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 12.2%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (49). 38% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sala Monferrato declared an average taxable income of 20,407 euros, below the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sala Monferrato is in climate zone E, with 2,704 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 264 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sala Monferrato has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.
The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 4.4% of the land in Sala Monferrato, 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
Sala Monferrato 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 Sala Monferrato.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sala Monferrato: 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 Sala Monferrato 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 5 inhabited census areas in Sala Monferrato. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Piemonte, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Piemonte, Anagrafe regionale dei siti contaminati (ASCO). Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 9 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 006150. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.