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Climate and hazards: regional anti-smog restrictions, seismic zone 3, cultural heritage in flood-prone areas

Cuneo applies the regional traffic restrictions ("Plain" zone), with the anti-smog traffic light active from 15 September to 15 April. In the national list it is in seismic zone 3 (code "3S"). According to ISPRA, 538 residents, about 1%, live in areas of medium flood hazard, which also contain almost half of the listed cultural heritage sites; landslides affect a single resident.

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Anti-smog restrictions

Cuneo is one of the Piedmont municipalities subject to the traffic restrictions of regional resolution DGR 26-3694 of 6 August 2021, in the "Plain" zone. Each municipality concerned applies them through a mayoral ordinance drafted on the regional template, which may also make the rules stricter. From 15 September to 15 April ARPA Piemonte monitors the conditions in which pollutants build up and triggers the orange and red levels of the anti-smog traffic light, which add temporary measures to the structural restrictions; the level in force is shown on the Aria+ Piemonte portal, the local rules in the municipal ordinance.

Seismic and hydrogeological risk

In the seismic classification list updated in May 2025 by the Civil Protection Department, Cuneo appears in zone 3 with the code "3S"; anti-seismic design obligations follow the Piedmont Region's classification. According to the indicators of ISPRA's IdroGEO platform (2024 report on hydrogeological instability), 538 residents, about 1% of the population, live in areas of medium flood hazard, which also contain 93 cultural heritage sites, 48.9% of those listed in the municipality; only one resident lives in areas of high or very high landslide hazard.

Days per year above the PM10 limit (50 µg/m³)

City figurePeriod: 2024Validsample unknown

Source: SNPA – La qualità dell'aria in Italia nel 2024: PM10, tabella ISQA per stazione (dati ARPA/APPA, provvisori) · Dati 2024 elaborati dalle ARPA/APPA a fine anno, provvisori: le relazioni regionali definitive possono dedurre i superamenti attribuibili a polveri desertiche. Valore limite: max 35 giorni/anno. Unica stazione nel comune nella tabella.

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