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Tagliolo Monferrato: 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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Tagliolo Monferrato, a castle in the hills near Ovada

Tagliolo Monferrato is a village in the Alto Monferrato around Ovada, a short distance from the town, with its old core gathered round the castle and vineyard-covered hills on every side. This is Dolcetto di Ovada country, a landscape of knolls, woods and roads climbing towards the Ligurian Apennines.

For buyers, the draw is how close Ovada is, with its services, shops and the motorway junction for Genoa and Alessandria. Many residents work outside the village, and Liguria is not far away: Tagliolo is a realistic option for people working on the coast who want a bigger house in the hills. The housing stock is mixed, from stone houses in the old centre to detached homes scattered across the hillsides.

There are 1,478 residents, down 8.0% since 2011. The population is older than average: the average age is 50.6 against 48.9 for the province, and over-65s make up 29.7%. Foreign nationals are 4.3%. Average incomes are in line with the rest of the province of Alessandria.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 127 of the 187 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.074 g. For stone houses, the most useful checks are the roof, how walls and floors are tied together, and damp.

On hills, gradient and slopes matter. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, measures the distance to services and gives the cadastral details of the land parcel.

Key points

  • Castle village in the Alto Monferrato, near Ovada.
  • 1,478 residents, down 8.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.074 g.
  • Average age 50.6, over-65s at 29.7%.

Overview

Tagliolo Monferrato is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,478 residents, ranked 39 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Tagliolo Monferrato is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (127 of 187) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.074 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 fallen by 8.0%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Tagliolo Monferrato declared an average taxable income of 25,517 euros, in line with the province (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Tagliolo Monferrato is in climate zone E, with 2,650 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 315 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Tagliolo Monferrato has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 4.4% of the land in Tagliolo Monferrato, 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

Tagliolo Monferrato 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 Tagliolo Monferrato.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Tagliolo Monferrato: 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 Tagliolo Monferrato 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 31 inhabited census areas in Tagliolo Monferrato. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.5%
  • fair 42.6%
  • good 56.9%

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 006169. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.