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Sassello: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Savona, Liguria. 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 Roma 1, Sassello.

Sassello, Beigua woods and amaretti in the Apennines

Sassello is a village in the Ligurian Apennines, on the side facing Piedmont, inside the Beigua nature park. Compared with the towns on the Savona coast the landscape is completely different: beech and chestnut woods, meadows, streams and cold winters, in climate zone E. The village name is tied to the soft amaretti biscuits made here for generations.

The historic centre has rendered stone houses, arcades and tidy squares, and around the village there are many scattered houses and hamlets. Anyone buying to live here all year should weigh up the mountain roads to Savona and the sea, winter snow and heating costs. The report measures slope and elevation for the address and checks the official landslide and flood maps along the streams.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,687 residents in 2023, down 10.4% from 1,882 in 2011. It is an older population: an average age of 52.8 against 49.7 in the province, over-65s at 33.6% and very small households of 1.72 people on average. Foreign residents are 5.2% and declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

For earthquakes, Sassello is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class in the Civil Protection classification, like 18 other municipalities in the province of Savona; the expected ground acceleration is 0.053 g. In old houses the roof, damp and insulation matter more. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report traces the parcel.

Key points

  • Ligurian Apennines in the Beigua park, Piedmont side.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.053 g.
  • Over-65s at 33.6%, households of 1.72 people.
  • Cold winters: weigh heating and mountain roads.

Overview

Sassello is a municipality in the province of Savona, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,687 residents, ranked 34 of 69 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sassello is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 19 of 69 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.053 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 10.4%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (50). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 5.2% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sassello declared an average taxable income of 23,409 euros, in line with the province (24,469 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sassello is in climate zone E, with 2,352 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 405 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sassello has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 1.8 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.0).

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 2.5% of the land in Sassello, compared with 6.7% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Sassello is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Liguria in 2026. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Sassello.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sassello: 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 Sassello 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 44 inhabited census areas in Sassello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 62.8%
  • good 37.0%

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 009055. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.