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Busano: 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 Rolando Perino 2, Busano.

Busano, on the Canavese plain north of Turin

Busano is a village in the Canavese, on the plain north of Turin, where the fields soon give way to the first hills rising towards the Alpine valleys. Rivarolo Canavese, the largest town nearby, is close, and Turin is within commuting distance by car.

Its population is holding up, which is not a given for a village of this size. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,595 residents in 2023, up 0.4% on 2011. The age profile confirms it, with an average of 45.1 against 47.4 in the province of Turin and over-65s at 21.9%. Foreign residents make up 6.8% and households average 2.36 people.

The market consists of detached houses, terraced villas and old Canavese courtyard houses, with an enclosed yard and a hayloft. These offer plenty of space but often need work on the roof, services and insulation, which matters in a zone E climate with cold winters. Built-up land covers a sizeable share of the municipality, a sign of a village that has grown through new housing.

The province of Turin is split between seismic zones 3 and 4. Busano is in zone 3, like 270 other municipalities, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.051 g. The risk is limited, but in a masonry courtyard house it is still worth checking the condition of the floors.

The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are available, and for each address the report also checks closeness to streams and the official flood maps.

Key points

  • Canavese plain, near Rivarolo, commutable to Turin.
  • Population up 0.4% since 2011.
  • Average age 45.1, younger than the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.051 g.

Overview

Busano is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,595 residents, ranked 149 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Busano 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 0.051 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 22% 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 Busano declared an average taxable income of 25,989 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Busano is in climate zone E, with 2,620 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 317 metres above sea level.

Services

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

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 24.2% of the land in Busano, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Busano 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 Busano, 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 Busano: 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 Busano 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 Busano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 3.1%
  • good 96.9%

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 001043. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.