All things you need to know about living in Briga Alta
Briga Alta, in the province of Cuneo (Piemonte), records no residents from any of the nationalities we track, in the latest ISTAT data. Its population is 40.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Cuneo scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for average disposable income per capita and employment rate (20-64 years old).
It scores in the bottom quarter for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and medical specialists.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 21.8°C (71°F) and winters a low of -3.4°C (26°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Briga Alta sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,229mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 158 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Briga Alta at about €799 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 18.6 years of renting the same property.
That is below most Italian comuni.
ISTAT's census data puts 2.5% of Briga Alta's population as born outside Italy: 0.0% outside the EU and 2.5% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this by specific country at comune level, so it does not line up with the citizenship figures above.
Briga Alta population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Romania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 39 | 97.50% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 1 | 2.50% |
| Born outside the EU | 0 | 0.00% |
Quality of life in Cuneo
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Property prices
Buying in Briga Alta is well below the Cuneo average of €1,073/m². Averaged across 4 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
18.6 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Seismic zone
Briga Alta is in seismic zone 3 (the Region labels it 3S). Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 3 as a zone where strong earthquakes are less likely than in zones 1 and 2.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
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Nearest hospital: Ospedale di Ceva, about 57.8 km / 52 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Ceva (Pronto Soccorso), about 57.8 km / 52 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale di Mondovi' (DEA level I), about 77.4 km / 64 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest airport: Cuneo International Airport (CUF), about 107.4 km / 87 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Alimentari, about 24.2 km / 25 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Di Pornassio, about 24.4 km / 25 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Ormea, about 23.7 km / 24 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Briga Alta, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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