Buttigliera Alta: 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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Buttigliera Alta, Ranverso and the gateway to the Susa valley
Heading from Turin into the Susa valley, you reach Buttigliera Alta between Rosta and Avigliana, on the moraine hills left by the ancient glacier, about twenty kilometres from the city. Along the old road to France stands the preceptory of Sant'Antonio di Ranverso, a Gothic complex with frescoes by Giacomo Jaquerio.
The municipality has an upper village gathered on the hill around the church and a lower part that grew along the Mont Cenis main road, towards the floor of the Dora valley. The Fréjus motorway passes close by, which makes the area convenient for people working in Turin, Rivoli or the lower valley.
Incomes are above average: declared earnings are higher than in the province of Turin as a whole. Homes are mostly villas, semi-detached houses and small blocks of flats, with gardens and views of the valley's mountains. The report checks the official landslide maps for the address, relevant on the moraine slopes, and the flood maps for the lower part towards the Dora.
In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 6,208 residents, down 2.8% on 2011. The average age is 47.7 and 27.4% are over 65, a little above the provincial 26.4%. Foreign residents are few, at 4.7%. Overture Maps lists 7 sports facilities, 1.13 per 1,000 residents against 0.81 for the province.
The province of Turin is split between 271 municipalities in seismic zone 3 and 41 in zone 4, on the Civil Protection scale where 1 is the highest hazard. Buttigliera Alta is in zone 3, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.097 g. For a 1970s villa the priority is often energy efficiency, in climate zone E with cold winters and wind coming down the valley.
Key points
- Moraine hills at the entrance to the Susa valley, near Avigliana.
- Sant'Antonio di Ranverso, with frescoes by Jaquerio.
- Over-65s at 27.4%, foreign residents at 4.7%.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.097 g.
Overview
Buttigliera Alta is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 6,208 residents, ranked 52 of 312 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Buttigliera Alta 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 0.097 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 2.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Buttigliera Alta declared an average taxable income of 29,430 euros, above the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Buttigliera Alta is in climate zone E, with 2,975 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 414 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Buttigliera Alta has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 7 sports facilities.
There are 0.5 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).
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 21.4% of the land in Buttigliera Alta, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 4.1 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Buttigliera Alta 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 Buttigliera Alta, 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 Buttigliera Alta: 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 Buttigliera Alta 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 53 inhabited census areas in Buttigliera Alta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 4.3%
- good 74.8%
- very good 20.9%
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
- 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 001045. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.