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Balangero: 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 Sant` Anna 1, Balangero.

Balangero, at the mouth of the Lanzo valleys

Balangero lies where the plain north of Turin meets the first mountains, at the entrance to the Lanzo valleys. The village, at around 440 metres, has an old centre and a newer part spreading towards the plain, with wooded hills behind.

If you work in Turin, the link is there: Balangero is on the Turin-Ceres railway, which runs down through Ciriè to the city, and by car you drive down to the city through the villages of the plain. Lanzo Torinese, a short distance away, has schools and valley services. Homes range from village houses to detached houses with gardens and blocks of flats built in recent decades. The area is in climate zone F: winters are long, and heating costs need to be factored in.

There are 3,061 residents (2023), down 3.2% on 2011. The mean age of 48.2 is slightly above the provincial figure (47.4), while over-65s reach 29.4%, a high share. Foreign residents are 4.3%. Declared incomes are a little below the average for the Metropolitan City of Turin.

The province of Turin only has municipalities in seismic zones 3 and 4, and Balangero is in zone 3 with 270 others. The expected ground acceleration is low, 0.063 g. In stone and brick houses, roofs, damp and systems matter more than structure. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps, and the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, useful near the streams coming down from the valleys.

Key points

  • Entrance to the Lanzo valleys, on the Turin-Ceres railway.
  • 3,061 residents, over-65s at 29.4%.
  • Seismic zone 3, low acceleration (0.063 g).
  • Climate zone F: long winters, budget for heating.

Overview

Balangero is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,061 residents, ranked 106 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Balangero 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 0.063 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 3.2%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Balangero declared an average taxable income of 26,411 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Balangero is in climate zone F, with 3,085 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 440 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Balangero has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 17.4% of the land in Balangero, 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

Balangero 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Balangero, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Balangero: 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 Balangero 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 37 inhabited census areas in Balangero. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.4%
  • fair 44.0%
  • good 54.6%

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 001016. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.