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Cafasse: 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 Roma 1, Cafasse.

Cafasse, at the entrance to the Lanzo valleys

Where the plain north of Turin meets the first high ground of the Lanzo valleys, Cafasse covers an area of hills, meadows and woods, with a main village and a few hamlets. Lanzo and Ciriè are close by, and Turin is within commuting distance by car. It is a quiet residential municipality with some farming still going on.

House hunters find detached and semi-detached houses, old village homes and the odd farmhouse, often with a garden or land. Prices are lower than in the inner ring around Turin, which draws families happy to drive a little further. Winters are harsher than the altitude would suggest, and for older houses insulation and the boiler are costs to weigh carefully.

There are 3,319 residents (2023), down 5.5% on 2011. The average age of 47.8 is close to that of the metropolitan area (47.4), and over-65s make up 27.1%, slightly above 26.4%. Foreign residents account for 6.0%. Average declared incomes are below the Turin average.

Most of the Turin metropolitan area is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, and Cafasse is one of them, in zone 3 with 270 others, with a low expected acceleration of about 0.064 g. For houses near streams or on the slopes of the first hills, the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Between the plain and the Lanzo valleys, near Lanzo and Ciriè.
  • Residents down 5.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, with 270 other municipalities.
  • Detached houses and farmhouses with land, harsh winters.

Overview

Cafasse is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,319 residents, ranked 92 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cafasse 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 0.064 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 5.5%. 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 6.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cafasse declared an average taxable income of 25,024 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cafasse is in climate zone F, with 3,039 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 409 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 12.8% of the land in Cafasse, 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

Cafasse 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 Cafasse. 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 Cafasse: 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 Cafasse 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 20 inhabited census areas in Cafasse. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • good 100.0%

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 001046. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.