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San Benedetto Belbo: 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 Beppe Fenoglio 1, San Benedetto Belbo.

San Benedetto Belbo, the Alta Langa in the Belbo valley

The upper valley of the river Belbo, deep in the Alta Langa, is where San Benedetto Belbo lies, above six hundred metres. This is a side of the Langhe less visited by tourists, made of long ridges, woods, meadows and isolated farmhouses, quite different from the famous wine hills further north. The climate is zone F, with long, cold winters.

San Benedetto Belbo is a very small village, with a main cluster and houses scattered across the land. For schools, shops and services people drive to the larger towns in the area, and for work towards Alba or the plain. Houses for sale are often farmhouses and Langhe stone houses, attractive but demanding: roofs, walls, damp and systems need a surveyor's assessment, and for isolated farmhouses you should check access, water supply and drainage.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 148 residents, 43 fewer than the 191 of 2011, a fall of 22.5%. The average age is 54.6, against 46.3 in the province of Cuneo, and over-65s make up 35.8%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquake risk is low: the municipality is in seismic zone 4 of the national classification, like 106 of the 247 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.055 g. For a buyer, the condition of the house matters far more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, which help establish which land goes with a farmhouse. On the ridge slopes the report measures the gradient and checks the official landslide maps for the address.

Key points

  • Alta Langa, in the upper valley of the Belbo.
  • Stone farmhouses: check access, water and drainage.
  • 148 residents in 2023, down 22.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like 106 Cuneo municipalities.

Overview

San Benedetto Belbo is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 148 residents, ranked 216 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Benedetto Belbo 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 0.055 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 22.5%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (46). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Benedetto Belbo declared an average taxable income of 20,023 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

San Benedetto Belbo is in climate zone F, with 3,105 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 637 metres above sea level.

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 San Benedetto Belbo, 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

San Benedetto Belbo 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 San Benedetto Belbo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Benedetto Belbo: 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 San Benedetto Belbo 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 San Benedetto Belbo. 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 004206. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.