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Andrate: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Torino, 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 Guglielmo Marconi 1, Andrate.

Andrate, a mountain balcony above the Ivrea plain

Driving up to Andrate, you leave the Canavese plain behind and reach the heights above the Ivrea plain, at over 800 metres. From here the view opens out over the plain; around the village there are woods, meadows and footpaths.

People live here by choice, accepting the mountain road. Work, schools and shops are almost all down in the valley, and in winter snow can slow journeys down. This is climate zone F, so heating is the main household cost; in an older building ask for the consumption figures for recent years and the condition of the boiler.

Andrate had 467 residents in 2023, 8.8% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 50.9, against 47.4 in the Metropolitan City of Turin, and over-65s make up 29.6%. Foreign residents account for 7.1%. Declared incomes are below the Turin area average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's national scale, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the metropolitan area, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.045 g, a low value. More than earthquakes, what matters for a house here is the roof, drainage of rainwater around the walls and insulation.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report works back from the address to the plot. On the slopes, ground conditions change from one spot to the next, so landslide hazard should be checked on the official maps for that plot.

Key points

  • Upland village above the Ivrea plain, at over 800 metres.
  • 467 residents in 2023, down 8.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration of about 0.045 g.
  • Climate zone F: heating and roof come first.

Overview

Andrate is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 467 residents, ranked 261 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Andrate is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (271 of 312) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.045 g, a low 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 8.8%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Andrate declared an average taxable income of 23,096 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Andrate is in climate zone F, with 3,495 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 836 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Andrate has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 3.3% of the land in Andrate, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Andrate 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 Andrate.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Andrate: 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 Andrate 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 5 inhabited census areas in Andrate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 90.9%
  • good 9.1%

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 001010. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.