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Vinchio: 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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Vinchio, Barbera vineyards and the Val Sarmassa

Vinchio is a village in the Monferrato hills of the province of Asti, at around 270 metres, surrounded by slopes planted with vines, where Barbera is the local wine. The writer and journalist Davide Lajolo, born in Vinchio, described these hills in his books. Next to the vineyards lies the Val Sarmassa nature reserve, with woods and footpaths.

For buyers, Vinchio offers village houses, farmsteads and country houses among the vines, often with land. A house in the middle of the vineyards has obvious appeal, but look carefully at the access road, water, drainage and heating: the climate zone is E. For work and services the reference towns are Asti and Nizza Monferrato, reached by car.

The population has fallen: 539 residents in 2023 against 657 in 2011, 118 fewer, a drop of 18.0%. The average age is 51.3 against 47.9 in the province, and over-65s make up 31.7%. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Asti.

The earthquake picture is favourable. Vinchio is in seismic zone 4, the lowest, like 113 of the 117 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.046 g. In old farmsteads, cracks, roofs and damp matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality and the report links the address to its parcel. On the Monferrato hills slopes can shift, so the report checks the official landslide hazard maps for each plot, useful before buying a house on a hillside.

Key points

  • Monferrato village among Barbera vineyards.
  • Val Sarmassa nature reserve next to the village.
  • 539 residents, down 18.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest: cracks, roofs and damp matter more.

Overview

Vinchio is a municipality in the province of Asti, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 539 residents, ranked 68 of 117 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vinchio 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 0.046 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 18.0%. 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 6.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vinchio declared an average taxable income of 20,007 euros, below the provincial average (24,302 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vinchio is in climate zone E, with 2,708 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 269 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vinchio has 1 pharmacy.

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 4.1% of the land in Vinchio, 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

Vinchio 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 Vinchio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vinchio: 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 Vinchio 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 10 inhabited census areas in Vinchio. 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 005120. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.