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Brusasco: 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 Giulio Romano Vercelli 2, Brusasco.

Brusasco, between the Po and the Monferrato hills

At the far eastern edge of the Metropolitan City of Turin, Brusasco occupies a strip of land between the right bank of the Po and the first hills of Monferrato. The village sits at the foot of the slopes, with farmed valley floor on one side and wooded hillsides and farmsteads on the other. Chivasso, across the river, and Turin are the places for work and services, reached by car.

For buyers, geography splits the options in two. On the flat land towards the Po, the distance from the river and from the streams running off the hills matters: the report checks the official flood maps at the address. In the hills there are country houses and farmsteads, often large and in need of renovation, where slope, access and the state of the walls count.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 1,499 residents in 2023, down 13.2% on 2011. The average age is 49.1, above 47.4 for the province, and over-65s make up 30.0%. Foreign residents account for 5.7%. Declared incomes are below the Turin-area average.

Brusasco is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.039 g: 41 municipalities in the province are in zone 4, while the other 271 are in zone 3. For an old farmhouse, the roof, rising damp and the systems matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can trace the plot from the address.

Key points

  • Between the right bank of the Po and the Monferrato hills.
  • Population down 13.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.039 g.
  • Flat land near the river or farmhouses in the hills.

Overview

Brusasco is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,499 residents, ranked 158 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Brusasco is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 41 of 312 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.039 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 resident population has fallen by 13.2%. 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 5.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Brusasco declared an average taxable income of 22,634 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Brusasco is in climate zone E, with 2,609 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 170 metres above sea level.

Services

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

There are 2.0 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).

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 5.6% of the land in Brusasco, 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

Brusasco 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 Brusasco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Brusasco: 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 Brusasco 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 25 inhabited census areas in Brusasco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.4%
  • fair 29.5%
  • good 66.2%

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 001039. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.