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Bosconero: 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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For example: Via Trieste 1, Bosconero.

Bosconero, the plain of the lower Canavese

Bosconero is a municipality on the Canavese plain north of Turin, in the area between the city and Rivarolo Canavese. The land is flat, with maize fields and meadows, farmsteads and a village that has grown around the church and the main streets. Residents often work in Turin, around Caselle and the airport, or in the Canavese towns.

The housing reflects this residential role: detached and terraced houses and small blocks of flats built in recent decades, together with the old courtyard houses of the original village. For buyers, what counts is the real distance from the roads to Turin, services close at hand and energy efficiency, in climate zone E with cold, foggy winters.

The population is essentially stable: 3,072 residents in 2023, +0.5% compared with 2011. The average age is 46.8, close to the metropolitan area (47.4); over-65s are 26.2% and foreign residents 6.8%. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

Bosconero is in seismic zone 3, like 270 other municipalities around Turin, with low expected ground acceleration of 0.046 g. In farmsteads and courtyard houses, focus on roofs, damp and services.

The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps cover the municipality and the report identifies the plot from the address. On a plain crossed by irrigation ditches and streams, the official flood maps for the exact spot are worth checking.

Key points

  • Plain of the lower Canavese, between Turin and Rivarolo
  • 3,072 residents, stable since 2011 (+0.5%)
  • Seismic zone 3, low acceleration (0.046 g)
  • Detached and courtyard houses: roofs, damp, services

Overview

Bosconero is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,072 residents, ranked 105 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bosconero 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 0.046 g, a low 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bosconero declared an average taxable income of 24,807 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bosconero is in climate zone E, with 2,714 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 240 metres above sea level.

Services

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

There are 0.3 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 13.3% of the land in Bosconero, 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

Bosconero 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Bosconero, and one more has 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 Bosconero: 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 Bosconero 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 39 inhabited census areas in Bosconero. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.9%
  • fair 47.9%
  • good 51.2%

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 001033. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.