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Stroppo: 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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Stroppo, Occitan hamlets and San Peyre in the Val Maira

Stroppo is a municipality in the Val Maira, one of the Occitan-speaking valleys of the province of Cuneo, with its town hall above a thousand metres and its land split into hamlets scattered over the slopes. On a spur of rock stands the Romanesque church of San Peyre, with medieval frescoes inside. The valley floor leads down to Dronero and Cuneo, where the jobs, secondary schools and hospital are.

The Val Maira is popular with walkers, many from abroad, and some hamlet houses are used as holiday homes. Buyers here must reckon with climate zone F winters, narrow roads that can be snowbound, and stone and timber houses that need work on the roof, insulation and services.

The population is stable: 110 residents in 2023, up 2.8% on the 107 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. Foreign residents make up 13.6%, the estimated average age is 52.0 and over-65s account for 33.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

In the province of Cuneo 141 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 and 106 in zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale. Stroppo is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.135 g. In stone houses, where walls are often dry-built or have little mortar, a structural survey before any work is money well spent.

Avalanches, landslides and stream floods depend on the hamlet and the exact spot. The report checks landslides and flooding on the official maps for the address, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality and link the house to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Val Maira municipality of scattered hamlets, with the church of San Peyre.
  • 110 residents in 2023, up 2.8% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents at 13.6%; average age 52.0.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.135 g.

Overview

Stroppo is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 110 residents, ranked 220 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Stroppo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.135 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 resident population has grown by 2.8%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (46). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 13.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Stroppo declared an average taxable income of 17,198 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Stroppo is in climate zone F, with 3,663 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,087 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Stroppo has 1 school. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 0.9% of the land in Stroppo, 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

Stroppo 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 contaminated sites in Stroppo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Stroppo: 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 Stroppo 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 11 inhabited census areas in Stroppo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • good 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 004224. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.