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Sale delle Langhe: 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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Sale delle Langhe, Langhe hills towards Ceva

In the part of the Langhe that slopes down towards Ceva and the Tanaro valley, Sale delle Langhe is a hill village at around 480 metres, with a compact centre and farmhouses scattered among meadows and woods. It is a more wooded and less touristy Langhe than the wine hills.

For anyone working elsewhere, the closeness of Ceva helps, since it has a junction on the Turin to Savona motorway, leading towards Turin or down to Liguria. Services in the village are basic, and for secondary schools and shops you drive down to the valley. Homes are mostly detached; with a farmhouse (cascina) to restore, estimate the work on the roof and the systems carefully, as it often outweighs the purchase price.

Sale delle Langhe had 465 residents in 2023, 11.4% fewer than in 2011. The average age of 50.7 is above the 46.3 of the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 29.9%. Foreign residents account for 6.5%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Seismic hazard is low: zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's national scale, like 106 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.059 g. With climate zone E winters, insulation, windows and the boiler matter more when choosing a house.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps are published, and the report finds the plot from the address. On the Langhe hills the slopes can move, so landslide hazard should be checked for the individual plot on the official maps, along with flood hazard near the streams.

Key points

  • Langhe hills towards Ceva, around 480 metres, meadows and woods.
  • 465 residents, down 11.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, low expected acceleration of about 0.059 g.
  • Ceva junction on the Turin to Savona motorway nearby.

Overview

Sale delle Langhe is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 465 residents, ranked 160 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sale delle Langhe 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 0.059 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 fallen by 11.4%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (46). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sale delle Langhe declared an average taxable income of 23,498 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sale delle Langhe is in climate zone E, with 2,910 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 480 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sale delle Langhe has 2 schools 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 5.0% of the land in Sale delle Langhe, 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

Sale delle Langhe 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 Sale delle Langhe.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sale delle Langhe: 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 Sale delle Langhe 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 22 inhabited census areas in Sale delle Langhe. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 51 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 11.0%
  • fair 89.0%

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 004199. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.