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Viale: 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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Viale, a village in the Monferrato hills north of Asti

The hills north of Asti, in the Monferrato area, are dotted with small municipalities like Viale, which had 232 residents in 2023, 29 fewer than in 2011. The village sits at about two hundred and sixty metres on a rise, with fields, woods and farmhouses on the slopes around it. Asti is close and serves for work, secondary schools, the hospital and offices; Turin can be reached by car or by train from Asti.

The population is no older than average: the estimated average age is 49.4, against 47.9 in the province, and over-65s make up 26.3%, slightly below the provincial 27.3%. Foreign residents account for 10.8%. The fall in residents since 2011 is 11.1%, according to Istat, the national statistics office. Average declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The market offers brick village houses, farmhouses with land and a few recent detached homes. Many buildings need work, and before making an offer look at the roof, walls and damp, as well as what it costs to heat a large house in climate zone E. On the Monferrato hills clay soils can move: cracks in walls and uneven floors are signs to show a surveyor.

For earthquakes, Viale is in zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, with a low expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.041 g. The report checks the official landslide maps and the gradient of the plot for the address, along with the distance to schools, shops and pharmacies. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Small hill municipality in the Monferrato, north of Asti.
  • 232 residents, down 11.1% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 26.3%, slightly below the provincial 27.3%.
  • Seismic zone 4, low acceleration of about 0.041 g.

Overview

Viale is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 232 residents, among the smallest in the province (106 of 117).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Viale 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 0.041 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 11.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (48). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Viale declared an average taxable income of 21,449 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Viale is in climate zone E, with 2,701 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 261 metres above sea level.

Services

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 4.3% of the land in Viale, 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

Viale 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 Viale.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Viale: 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 Viale 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 4 inhabited census areas in Viale. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 005114. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.