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Aurano: 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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For example: Via Vittorio Veneto 1, Aurano.

Aurano, a mountain village above Verbania

From the lakefront at Intra the road climbs into the Valle Intrasca, and within a few bends the scenery changes: chestnut and beech woods, streams, stone houses roofed with stone slabs. Aurano is one of the villages in this valley, at around seven hundred metres, high enough for climate zone F winters but close enough to the lake for everyday shopping and work.

People looking at a house here usually want peace and quiet or a summer home. The checks are the usual mountain ones: car access in winter too, the state of the stone roof, damp in the walls, the heating system. In the narrowest lanes, parking may be some way from the front door.

The population has barely moved: 102 residents in 2023, against 103 at the 2011 census, a change of -1.0%. The estimated average age is 53.8, and over-65s make up 34.3%, more than the 28.3% for the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Seismically, things are calm. Aurano is in zone 4, the lowest on the national scale, along with 45 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.046 g. Slopes and watercourses matter more than earthquakes: the report checks landslides and flooding on the official maps at the exact address, and with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, published here too, links the house to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Village in the Valle Intrasca, above Verbania and Lake Maggiore.
  • 102 residents in 2023, 103 at the 2011 census.
  • Over-65s at 34.3%, against 28.3% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.046 g.

Overview

Aurano is a municipality in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 102 residents, among the smallest in the province (73 of 74).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Aurano is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (46 of 74) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.046 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (49). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Aurano declared an average taxable income of 17,105 euros, below the provincial average (23,146 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Aurano is in climate zone F, with 3,192 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 683 metres above sea level.

Services

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 1.3% of the land in Aurano, 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

Aurano is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 Aurano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Aurano: 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 Aurano 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 9 inhabited census areas in Aurano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 103005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.