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Villa San Secondo: 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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For example: Via Montechiaro 1, Villa San Secondo.

Villa San Secondo, Monferrato hills north of Asti

North of Asti the Monferrato hills become more wooded and dotted with small villages, and Villa San Secondo is one of them, at around 290 metres. Its economy is farming and commuting: for work, secondary schools and services people drive down to Asti.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 387 residents in 2023, 5.6% fewer than the 410 of 2011. Foreign residents make up 15.0%. The estimated average age is 50.5, against 47.9 for the province, and over-65s account for 31.5%.

The housing stock is terraced village houses, farmsteads with barns and stables waiting to be converted, and some newer detached homes. Farmsteads are cheap to buy but expensive to fix: roof, timber floors, services and insulation belong in the budget from day one. Village lanes are narrow and steep, and in winter fog is common. For everyday shopping, the doctor and other errands people go to the larger villages nearby or straight into town.

Earthquake hazard is low: zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, with 112 other municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.040 g.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral data are available and the report links the address to its land parcel. On the clay hills of the Monferrato it is worth checking the landslide maps for the exact spot.

Key points

  • Monferrato hill village north of Asti.
  • 387 residents in 2023, 15.0% foreign residents.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.040 g.
  • Farmsteads are cheap to buy but costly to restore.

Overview

Villa San Secondo is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 387 residents, ranked 88 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villa San Secondo 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 0.040 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 5.6%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 15.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villa San Secondo declared an average taxable income of 24,381 euros, in line with the province (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Villa San Secondo is in climate zone E, with 2,723 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 287 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Villa San Secondo has 1 grocery shop.

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 4.5% of the land in Villa San Secondo, 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

Villa San Secondo 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 Villa San Secondo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Villa San Secondo: 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 Villa San Secondo 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 6 inhabited census areas in Villa San Secondo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 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 005119. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.