All things you need to know about living in Rocca Cigliè
Rocca Cigliè, in the province of Cuneo, is home to 4 Germans: 3.20% of its 125 residents.
ISTAT counts 12 residents with a foreign citizenship in Rocca Cigliè, 9.60% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are Germans (4) and Swiss nationals (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
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 27.3°C (81°F) and winters a low of -1.0°C (30°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Rocca Cigliè sees about 11 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,228mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 139 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Rocca Cigliè at about €723 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 18.2 years of renting the same property.
Rocca Cigliè population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 5 | 4.00% |
| Germany | 4 | 3.20% |
| Romania | 2 | 1.60% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.80% |
| 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% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 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% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 111 | 88.80% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 7 | 5.60% |
| Born outside the EU | 7 | 5.60% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Cuneo
Full BES profile for Cuneo →Cuneo on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Rocca Cigliè is well below the Cuneo average of €1,073/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
18.2 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.
A detached house here averages €800/m², against €723 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — the two cost about the same per square meter — the opposite of what the two averages above suggest, because OMI prices houses and flats in different parts of town.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Seismic zone
Rocca Cigliè is in seismic zone 4. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 4 as the lowest-hazard zone, where a strong earthquake is very unlikely.
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 15.4 km / 16 minutes by road from Rocca Cigliè (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Ceva (Pronto Soccorso), about 15.4 km / 16 minutes by road from Rocca Cigliè (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale di Mondovi' (DEA level I), about 14.4 km / 16 minutes by road from Rocca Cigliè (the main town).
Nearest airport: Cuneo International Airport (CUF), about 49 km / 39 minutes by road from Rocca Cigliè (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Mercató Local, about 11.4 km / 12 minutes by road from Rocca Cigliè (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia S. Michele di Gaido Dott. Ferruccio, about 7.3 km / 7 minutes by road from Rocca Cigliè (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Lesegno, about 12.4 km / 12 minutes by road from Rocca Cigliè (the main town).
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 Rocca Cigliè, 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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