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Burolo: 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 Garibaldi 1, Burolo.

Burolo, on the moraine hills on the edge of Ivrea

The hills around Ivrea are what remains of an ancient glacier, and Burolo sits right on this morainic amphitheatre, in the Canavese area, next to the town. It has a small historic centre on the hillside and a newer part on the flat towards the road to Ivrea, where shops and businesses are also found.

The tie with Ivrea is close: jobs, secondary schools, the hospital and the railway station are there, and Burolo largely works as a residential village. The market offers detached houses with gardens, small villas and some old village houses on the hill, with views over the plain or the mountains. A substantial share of the municipal area is built up. The report measures distances to services from the house and reads the gradient and the official landslide maps for the address, useful for homes on the slopes.

The population is older than the provincial average. Over-65s make up 34.8% against 26.4% for the province of Turin, and the estimated average age is 51.4 against 47.4. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,116 residents in 2023, down 9.1% on 2011, with foreign residents at 6.1%. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

The Civil Protection Department places Burolo in seismic zone 3, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is low, at about 0.042 g. In houses from the 1960s and 1970s, insulation, windows and the boiler matter more, as winters are those of climate zone E.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published, and the report finds the plot from the address.

Key points

  • Morainic hills of the Canavese, next to Ivrea.
  • Over-65s at 34.8%, against 26.4% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration of about 0.042 g.
  • Homes from the 1960s and 1970s: check insulation and heating.

Overview

Burolo is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,116 residents, ranked 188 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Burolo 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 0.042 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 resident population has fallen by 9.1%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Burolo declared an average taxable income of 28,369 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Burolo is in climate zone E, with 2,771 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 276 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Burolo has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 6 sports facilities.

There are 3.6 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more 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 19.4% of the land in Burolo, 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

Burolo 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 Burolo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Burolo: 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 Burolo 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 21 inhabited census areas in Burolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 90.7%
  • good 9.3%

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 001042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.