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Callabiana: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Biella, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Callabiana, a village in the Biella pre-Alps

The Biella area is wool country, and its pre-Alpine valleys are dotted with small villages set among woods and meadows above the mills on the valley floors. Callabiana is one of them: it sits above seven hundred metres in the foothills behind Biella, with houses scattered across the slope among woods and meadows.

For buyers, the village offers quiet, with the provincial capital within driving distance for work, schools and services. People working in Biella or at the area's mills can live here all year, provided they accept a few more bends on the daily drive. Roads are narrow and steep, and in winter, in climate zone F, snow and ice can slow journeys down. In older houses, check the roof, insulation and boiler, as heating weighs heavily on running costs.

Callabiana's population is younger than the Biella average: the average age is 47.6 against 49.7 in the province, and over-65s make up 24.5% against 30.1%. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 143 residents in 2023, 6 fewer than in 2011. Households average 2.13 people and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Callabiana is in seismic zone 4 of the national classification, like 50 of the 74 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.044 g: a low hazard.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available. On the pre-Alpine slopes the report checks the gradient, landslides and watercourses on the official maps for the address.

Key points

  • Village in the Biella pre-Alps, above seven hundred metres.
  • Average age 47.6, against 49.7 in the province.
  • 143 residents in 2023, households of 2.13.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.044 g.

Overview

Callabiana is a municipality in the province of Biella, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 143 residents, among the smallest in the province (72 of 74).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Callabiana is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (50 of 74) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.044 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 4.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, lower than the province average (50). 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Callabiana declared an average taxable income of 22,885 euros, below the provincial average (25,111 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Callabiana is in climate zone F, with 3,253 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 730 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Callabiana has 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.2 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 2.6% of the land in Callabiana, compared with 8.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Callabiana 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 Callabiana.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Callabiana: 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 Callabiana 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 10 inhabited census areas in Callabiana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 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 096008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.