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Villadeati: 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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Villadeati, hills and woods of the Monferrato

Villadeati is one of the small municipalities of the Monferrato hills in the province of Alessandria. The town hall stands at around 400 metres, the houses cluster around the old core, and the land around is fields, woodland and roads that rise and fall. For work and for most services, people drive to the larger towns in the area.

Buyers here are usually after space and quiet, often in a country house or a farmhouse to restore. Before signing, it pays to do two sums that rarely matter in a city: the daily mileage and the heating bill, since this is climate zone E with cold winters. On hillsides, the aspect of a house and how easy it is to reach can change a lot over a few hundred metres.

There were 484 residents in 2023, down 7.5% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is older than the provincial one: an average age of 51.0 against 48.9, and over-65s at 31.4% against 28.6%. Foreign residents make up 10.5%. Average declared incomes are in line with the province.

Earthquake hazard is low. Villadeati is in seismic zone 4, the lowest on the national scale used by the Civil Protection department, like 59 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.039 g. In a rural building, the condition of the roof beams and damp in the ground-floor walls matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel. Any landslides on the slopes affect specific spots, so they have to be read on the official maps for the individual address, which is what the report does.

Key points

  • Hill village in the Monferrato, province of Alessandria.
  • 484 residents in 2023, down 7.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.039 g.
  • For a country house: roof, damp walls and distances.

Overview

Villadeati is a municipality in the province of Alessandria, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 484 residents, ranked 122 of 187 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villadeati is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 60 of 187 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.039 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 7.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villadeati declared an average taxable income of 25,216 euros, in line with the province (25,143 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Villadeati is in climate zone E, with 2,827 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 410 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 3.7% of the land in Villadeati, 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

Villadeati 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 Villadeati.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Villadeati: 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 Villadeati 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 13 inhabited census areas in Villadeati. 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 006182. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.