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Sale San Giovanni: 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 San Giovanni, hills and herb fields near Ceva

Above six hundred metres, in the hill country around Ceva, Sale San Giovanni is a small municipality in the province of Cuneo, made up of a main village and farmhouses scattered among meadows, woods and fields. It is known for growing lavender and other aromatic and medicinal herbs, which draw visitors in summer. The climate is zone F, with long, cold winters.

The typical property here is a farmhouse, a cascina, or a stone house in need of renovation. Estimate heating costs and the work needed on the roof and windows in advance, and ask whether the house has direct road access and connections to the sewer and water mains: for isolated houses that cannot be taken for granted. For schools, shops and services, people drive to the larger towns around Ceva.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 152 residents in 2023, 26 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 14.6%. The average age, 52.5, is above the provincial figure of 46.3, and over-65s make up 32.2%. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.

The province of Cuneo has two seismic zones in the national classification: 141 municipalities in zone 3 and 106 in zone 4. Sale San Giovanni is in zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.059 g, a low value.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, which are especially useful when buying a farmhouse with land around it: from the address the report identifies the building's parcel and checks the slope and the official landslide maps.

Key points

  • Hill municipality near Ceva, above six hundred metres.
  • Known for growing lavender and medicinal herbs.
  • 152 residents in 2023, average age 52.5.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.059 g.

Overview

Sale San Giovanni is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 152 residents, ranked 213 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sale San Giovanni 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 14.6%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (46). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sale San Giovanni declared an average taxable income of 27,187 euros, above the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sale San Giovanni is in climate zone F, with 3,078 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 615 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 3.3% of the land in Sale San Giovanni, 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 San Giovanni 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 San Giovanni.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sale San Giovanni: 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 San Giovanni 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 13 inhabited census areas in Sale San Giovanni. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 004200. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.