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Valdieri: 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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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: Frazione Sant'Anna 4, Valdieri.

Valdieri, the Gesso valley and the Maritime Alps

Valdieri covers much of the Gesso valley behind Cuneo and climbs to the peaks of the Maritime Alps nature park. Besides the main village it includes places such as Sant'Anna di Valdieri and Terme di Valdieri, where the road ends beneath the mountains and summer paths lead up to the huts.

The village has two sides to it. There are year-round residents who work in Cuneo or in the towns lower down the valley, and holiday homes opened up in summer and at weekends. The main village sits at about 770 metres, winters are long and the climate zone is F. When house hunting, look at how much sun the house gets, what heating will cost and how it is reached in winter, especially in the higher hamlets.

Valdieri has 923 residents (2023), against 924 at the 2011 census, so the population has held steady, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 48.8 (province: 46.3), and over-65s make up 29.8%, compared with 25.1% across the province. Foreign residents account for 4.0%.

Valdieri is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection classification, like 140 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.150 g. In a stone house, check how the walls are tied to the floors and the state of the roof, which here also has to carry the weight of snow.

In an Alpine valley, torrents and slopes matter. The report checks the address against the official landslide and flood maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report can trace the land parcel from the address, hamlets included.

Key points

  • Municipality in the Gesso valley, inside the Maritime Alps.
  • 923 residents in 2023, 924 in 2011.
  • Over-65s at 29.8%, against 25.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.150 g.

Overview

Valdieri is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 923 residents, ranked 115 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valdieri 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 0.150 g, a medium-high 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (46). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valdieri declared an average taxable income of 21,291 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valdieri is in climate zone F, with 3,275 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 774 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valdieri has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 1.0% of the land in Valdieri, 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

Valdieri 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 Valdieri.

Landslides and flooding

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

Residents by band

  • fair 32.3%
  • good 67.7%

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 004233. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.