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Viola: 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: Via Castello 1, Viola.

Viola, the Mongia valley and the Saint Grée ski slopes

Viola is a village in the Val Mongia, a side valley of the Ligurian Alps south-east of Mondovì, at around 830 metres. Within its boundaries is the Viola Saint Grée ski area, with lifts and slopes used mainly at winter weekends. The rest is mountain country of woods, meadows and small hamlets.

For buyers, this makes two separate markets. Near the lifts there are flats and holiday complexes built for skiers, often used only a few weeks a year, where service charges and heating costs need careful checking. In the village and hamlets there are family stone houses, some needing renovation. Mondovì and Ceva, both reached by car, are the reference for services, schools and work.

The population is elderly: 378 residents in 2023, 11.1% fewer than in 2011, with an estimated average age of 55.3 against 46.3 for the province of Cuneo. Over-65s make up 39.4%, against 25.1% provincially. Foreign residents are 4.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Viola is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, together with 140 other municipalities in the province, while 106 are in zone 4; expected ground acceleration is about 0.074 g. It is climate zone F, with snow and long winters: roof, insulation and winter access to the house are checks to make before negotiating.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published. The report links the address to its land parcel and reads the official landslide and avalanche maps at that spot.

Key points

  • Val Mongia village with the Saint Grée ski area.
  • 378 residents in 2023, over-65s at 39.4%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.074 g.
  • Holiday flats and stone houses: two different markets.

Overview

Viola is a municipality in the province of Cuneo, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 378 residents, ranked 169 of 247 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Viola is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. 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 0.074 g, a moderate 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 resident population has fallen by 11.1%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (46). 39% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Viola declared an average taxable income of 20,699 euros, below the provincial average (24,913 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Viola is in climate zone F, with 3,341 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 827 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Viola has 1 sports facility.

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 2.2% of the land in Viola, 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

Viola 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 Viola.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Viola: 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 Viola 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 19 inhabited census areas in Viola. 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 004249. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.