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Settime: 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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For example: Via Umberto Primo 1, Settime.

Settime, hills and farmhouses north of Asti

Settime is a small municipality in the hills north of Asti, with its centre at around 270 metres and countryside of ridges, small woods and fields. Asti is close by and serves for work, secondary schools and hospital; the village itself is part residential, part farming.

Compared with the provincial average, Settime has a younger population: the average age is 45.5 against 47.9 in the province, and over-65s make up 23.0% against 27.3%. Foreign residents account for 17.8%, a share that shapes the make-up of the village. In 2023 there were 544 residents, down 6.4% on 2011. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

The market offers village houses and hill farmhouses, sometimes with land. For a farmhouse, check the access road, water supply and drainage, as well as the heating: this is climate zone E, and an isolated house on a hill uses more energy than a flat in town. Look carefully at how the ground slopes around the building.

Almost all of the province of Asti falls in the same seismic class. Settime is in zone 4, the lowest, together with 112 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.040 g. Here earthquakes matter less than the upkeep of roofs and walls.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, and the report traces the address to its parcel. On the hills around Asti slopes can shift, so the report checks the official landslide hazard maps for each plot.

Key points

  • Hills north of Asti, the reference town.
  • Average age 45.5, below the provincial 47.9.
  • Foreign nationals make up 17.8% of residents.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest: roofs and walls matter more.

Overview

Settime is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 544 residents, ranked 67 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Settime 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 6.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, lower than the province average (48). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 17.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Settime declared an average taxable income of 22,551 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Settime is in climate zone E, with 2,711 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 272 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Settime has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 5.2% of the land in Settime, 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

Settime 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 Settime.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Settime: 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 Settime 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 12 inhabited census areas in Settime. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 10.7%
  • fair 89.3%

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 005106. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.