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Solonghello: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Alessandria, 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 Marconi 1, Solonghello.

Solonghello, a hill village in the Casale Monferrato area

Solonghello lies in the hills of the Monferrato around Casale, at roughly 200 metres, with its houses grouped on a rise and a countryside of fields and patches of woodland around them. Casale Monferrato is the town people rely on for secondary schools, the hospital, trains and larger shops.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 195 residents, 26 fewer than the 221 of 2011, a fall of 11.8%. The estimated average age is 52.8, against 48.9 for the province of Alessandria, and over-65s make up 33.3%. Foreign residents account for 8.7%. Declared incomes, on the other hand, are well above the provincial average.

What comes up for sale is mostly brick village houses, farmsteads built around a closed courtyard and outbuildings waiting to be converted. These buildings were often put up in stages, with extensions and sheds added over time, so ask to see the building permits and check that what you see matches what is registered at the land registry. Climate zone E means cold winters, and in large, poorly insulated houses heating is a real monthly cost through the cold season.

Earthquakes are a minor concern here. Solonghello is in seismic zone 4, the lowest hazard class in the Civil Protection classification, like 60 of the 187 municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.038 g. On these hills, cracks in the walls, rainwater drainage and the state of the foundations matter more.

The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps cover the municipality, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel and reads the official landslide and flood maps for that plot.

Key points

  • Hills of the Monferrato, with Casale as the reference town.
  • 195 residents in 2023, down 11.8% since 2011.
  • Average age 52.8, against 48.9 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest hazard class.

Overview

Solonghello is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 195 residents, among the smallest in the province (172 of 187).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Solonghello is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 60 of 187 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 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 11.8%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (49). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Solonghello declared an average taxable income of 39,637 euros, above the provincial average (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Solonghello is in climate zone E, with 2,667 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 220 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 Solonghello, compared with 7.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Solonghello 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 Solonghello.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Solonghello: 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 Solonghello 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 6 inhabited census areas in Solonghello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.6%
  • fair 96.4%

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 006164. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.