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Barbania: 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 Tommaso Ferreri 1, Barbania.

Barbania, a Canavese village between plain and hills

Barbania belongs to the Canavese, the part of Turin province that stretches north of the city towards the Alpine valleys. The village sits where the plain starts to roll, with the town hall at about three hundred and sixty metres, among fields, woods and small scattered hamlets. Turin is within driving distance for anyone working in the city, but daily life revolves around the larger towns of the area.

The housing stock is a mix of old farmhouses built around courtyards, often renovated in stages, and family homes from recent decades. If you buy a house with a shared courtyard, be clear about boundaries, rights of way and common parts, which are frequent in Piedmontese hamlets. Heating matters too: Barbania is in climate zone E, with long winters.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,562 residents, 3.8% fewer than at the 2011 census. The average age is 49.4, above the provincial 47.4, and over-65s are 29.9%. Households average 2.06 people, and foreign residents make up 5.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

In the province of Turin 271 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 and 41 in zone 4. Barbania is in zone 3, but with a low expected ground acceleration of 0.053 g. The most useful checks concern the roof, damp and whether past building work was properly authorised.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastre, and the report traces the land parcel from the address using the official maps.

Key points

  • Canavese, north of Turin, between plain and first hills.
  • Population down 3.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration (0.053 g).
  • Courtyard houses: check boundaries and shared parts.

Overview

Barbania is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,562 residents, ranked 151 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Barbania 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 0.053 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 3.8%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Barbania declared an average taxable income of 25,110 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Barbania is in climate zone E, with 2,897 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 362 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Barbania has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 0.6 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

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 7.0% of the land in Barbania, 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

Barbania 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 Barbania.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Barbania: 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 Barbania 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 31 inhabited census areas in Barbania. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 3.0%
  • good 52.4%
  • very good 44.6%

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 001021. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.