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Antrona Schieranco: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Antrona Schieranco, an Ossola side valley and its lake

From Villadossola, on the floor of the Ossola valley, a road climbs the Valle Antrona to Antrona Schieranco, the municipality at the head of the valley, at around 900 metres, with Lake Antrona and the mountains of the Alta Valle Antrona nature park on the Swiss border. It is a narrow valley, with dense woods, summer pastures and clusters of stone houses roofed with stone slabs (piode).

Houses are almost all stone and timber, many used as second homes or lived in only in summer. For buyers, what counts is winter access, sun exposure (in a narrow valley winter daylight is short), the stone roof, which is heavy and costly to redo, and insulation: in climate zone F winters are long. For work and services people go down to Villadossola and Domodossola, which have the Simplon railway and the main road.

In 2023 there were 398 residents, down 14.8% from 467 in 2011. It is a very elderly population: an estimated average age of 54.2 against 49.0 for the province, and over-65s at 40.2% against 28.3%. Foreign residents account for 5.8%.

Antrona Schieranco is in seismic zone 3 of the national classification kept by the Civil Protection Department, like 27 other municipalities in the province, while 46 are in zone 4, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.090 g. In the high mountains, avalanches, landslides and floods from mountain streams matter more, and the report checks them on the official maps for the address.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and from the address the report finds the land parcel. For mountain huts and farm buildings, check that the actual state matches the land registry.

Key points

  • Upper Valle Antrona, above Villadossola, with the lake and the park.
  • Over-65s at 40.2%, against 28.3% in the province.
  • Stone-slab roofs: heavy and costly to redo.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.090 g.

Overview

Antrona Schieranco is a municipality in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 398 residents, ranked 53 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Antrona Schieranco is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 28 of 74 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.090 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 14.8%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (49). 40% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Antrona Schieranco declared an average taxable income of 22,481 euros, in line with the province (23,146 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Antrona Schieranco is in climate zone F, with 3,477 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 902 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Antrona Schieranco has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.3 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 0.4% of the land in Antrona Schieranco, compared with 2.8% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Antrona Schieranco 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 Antrona Schieranco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Antrona Schieranco: 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 Antrona Schieranco 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 13 inhabited census areas in Antrona Schieranco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 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 103001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.