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Scurzolengo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Asti, 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 Guglielmo Marconi 1, Scurzolengo.

Scurzolengo, a hill village close to Asti

Scurzolengo lies in the Monferrato hills a short distance from Asti, close enough for the town to be the everyday reference for work, secondary schools and the hospital. The village stands at around 250 metres, with farmland and scattered houses along the country roads around it.

For such a small municipality there is no shortage of places to eat: Overture's data show 9.62 cafés and restaurants per 1,000 residents, against a provincial average of 5.34. For a big shop and healthcare, Asti remains the reference: the report measures actual distances from the address.

In 2023 there were 520 residents, down 12.8% on the 596 of 2011. The average age of 48.9 is close to the 47.9 of the province of Asti, over-65s make up 28.7% and foreign residents 8.3%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Seismic hazard is low: Scurzolengo is in zone 4 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.040 g. For a hillside house, the ground it stands on and the state of the foundations matter more: cracks in the walls, sloping floors or doors that will not close are signs to show a surveyor.

The report uses the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps to reach the land parcel and checks the official landslide and flood maps for that address, because on the Asti hills the situation changes from one slope to the next.

Key points

  • Monferrato hills a short distance from Asti.
  • 9.62 cafés and restaurants per 1,000 residents, against 5.34.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.040 g.
  • Hillside houses: show cracks and foundations to a surveyor.

Overview

Scurzolengo is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 520 residents, ranked 70 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Scurzolengo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (113 of 117) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.040 g, a low 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 12.8%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Scurzolengo declared an average taxable income of 22,965 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Scurzolengo is in climate zone E, with 2,695 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 253 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Scurzolengo has 1 sports facility.

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 5.9% of the land in Scurzolengo, compared with 7.3% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Scurzolengo 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 Scurzolengo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Scurzolengo: 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 Scurzolengo 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 9 inhabited census areas in Scurzolengo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 005103. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.