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Vaglio Serra: 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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Vaglio Serra, vineyards in the hills above Nizza Monferrato

In the hills north of Nizza Monferrato, at the heart of Barbera wine country, Vaglio Serra occupies a ridge at about two hundred and eighty metres. Vines come right up to the last houses, and the landscape is classic Monferrato around Asti, with rows of vines, hazelnut groves and farmsteads. The village is small, with a grocery shop and little else.

Nizza Monferrato, a few minutes away by car, has schools, shops, doctors and the railway station, and from there roads lead to Asti, Alessandria and Acqui Terme. Buyers in Vaglio Serra mostly find brick country houses, sometimes with a wine cellar and farm buildings, plus a few detached homes. With these buildings, the roof, floors and wiring and plumbing are what count; in winter, in climate zone E, heating a large house is not cheap.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 258 residents, 26 fewer than the 284 of 2011, a fall of 9.2%. The estimated average age, 47.9, is in line with the province of Asti (47.9), and over-65s make up 23.6%, below the provincial 27.3%. Foreign residents account for 4.7%. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 4, the lowest on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.047 g. On the clay hills of Monferrato, ground stability and cracks in the walls matter more. The report checks the official landslide maps for the address, starting from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Village among Barbera vineyards, north of Nizza Monferrato.
  • 258 residents in 2023, down 9.2% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 23.6%, below 27.3% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.047 g.

Overview

Vaglio Serra is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 258 residents, ranked 102 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vaglio Serra 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 0.047 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 9.2%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vaglio Serra declared an average taxable income of 21,430 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vaglio Serra is in climate zone E, with 2,642 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 278 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Vaglio Serra has 1 grocery shop and 1 green area.

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 3.3% of the land in Vaglio Serra, 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

Vaglio Serra 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 Vaglio Serra.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vaglio Serra: 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 Vaglio Serra 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 Vaglio Serra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 005111. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.