Bobbio Pellice: 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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Bobbio Pellice, the upper Pellice valley in Waldensian country
Bobbio Pellice is the last municipality as you head up the Pellice valley, close to the French border, with the village at around 730 metres and hamlets spread over the slopes up to high pastures. This is Waldensian country: here, as elsewhere in these valleys, the Waldensian Protestant church and its history are part of local identity. Torre Pellice, further down, and then Pinerolo are the reference towns for services, schools and hospital.
It is genuine mountain country, with woods, streams and trails, popular with walkers and with second-home owners. Homes are mostly stone hamlet houses, with stone-slab roofs in the oldest clusters, alongside newer buildings on the valley floor. Climate zone F is the coldest, so heating, insulation and winter access are the first things to assess.
There were 536 residents in 2023, down 5.3% on 2011. The average age is 50.3 against 47.4 in the metropolitan city of Turin, over-65s make up 32.8% and households have 1.76 people on average. Declared incomes are below the average for the Turin area.
Earthquakes have to be factored in here too. Bobbio Pellice is in zone 3, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the metropolitan city, with an expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.134 g. In stone houses, ask how walls, floors and roof are tied together.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps cover the municipality and the report traces the address to its parcel. High in the valley the exact spot matters: closeness to the Pellice and its tributaries, slope, landslides. The report reads all of these on the official maps for the address.
Key points
- Last municipality up the Pellice valley, Waldensian country.
- 536 residents, over-65s at 32.8%.
- Climate zone F: assess heating and winter access.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.134 g.
Overview
Bobbio Pellice is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 536 residents, ranked 250 of 312 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bobbio Pellice is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.134 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 5.3%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bobbio Pellice declared an average taxable income of 20,175 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Bobbio Pellice is in climate zone F, with 3,452 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 732 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bobbio Pellice 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 0.7% of the land in Bobbio Pellice, 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
Bobbio Pellice 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 Bobbio Pellice.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bobbio Pellice: 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 Bobbio Pellice 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 17 inhabited census areas in Bobbio Pellice. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 60.5%
- good 39.5%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Piemonte, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Piemonte, Anagrafe regionale dei siti contaminati (ASCO). Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 9 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 001026. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.