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Sant'Albano Stura: 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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Sant'Albano Stura, Cuneo farmland between Fossano and Mondovì

The name tells you where you are: Sant'Albano Stura is a municipality on the Cuneo plain near the Stura di Demonte river, on the stretch between Fossano and Mondovì. It is farming country, with farmsteads, livestock and fields of maize and fodder, and a main village surrounded by hamlets scattered across the countryside.

It is one of the few villages in the area that is not losing people. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,391 residents in 2023, up 0.5% on 2011, with an average age of 43.7, lower than the 46.3 of the province of Cuneo, and over-65s at 21.5%. Foreign residents make up 8.2%, many of them working in local farming and food processing.

For buyers, the village offers detached and semi-detached houses at lower prices than Fossano or Cuneo, with Fossano and Mondovì within driving distance for work, secondary schools and hospital care. Farmsteads for sale are often large and need major work. Winters are cold (climate zone E), so insulation and heating weigh on running costs.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3, like 141 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.075 g, a low value. For houses built before the 1980s, a check of floors and roof is still worthwhile.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. The report reaches the land parcel from the address and, in areas closer to the Stura, checks the official flood maps.

Key points

  • Cuneo plain along the Stura, between Fossano and Mondovì.
  • Population up 0.5% since 2011.
  • Average age 43.7, below the provincial figure.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.075 g.

Overview

Sant'Albano Stura is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,391 residents, ranked 57 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Albano Stura 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 0.075 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Albano Stura declared an average taxable income of 23,684 euros, in line with the province (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sant'Albano Stura is in climate zone E, with 2,782 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 378 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Albano Stura has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 9.5% of the land in Sant'Albano Stura, 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

Sant'Albano Stura 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 open contaminated sites in Sant'Albano Stura; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sant'Albano Stura: 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 Sant'Albano Stura 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 57 inhabited census areas in Sant'Albano Stura. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 26.1%
  • good 73.9%

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 004211. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.