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Caprie: 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 Alcide de Gasperi 1, Caprie.

Caprie, the lower Susa valley beneath the mountains

Caprie is a municipality in the lower Susa valley, west of Turin, on the slope rising from the Dora Riparia towards the mountains. It takes in the valley floor, with the most convenient hamlets close to the main road, and higher villages among chestnut woods and pastures. Turin is under an hour's drive away, and the Fréjus motorway and the Turin-Modane railway run along the valley, with stations in neighbouring towns.

For buyers it is a choice between two worlds. Down below there are detached houses, village homes and small blocks of flats, with services and links close at hand; higher up there are the stone houses of the mountain hamlets, often needing renovation, quieter but with mountain roads and longer winters. This is climate zone E, and in the higher hamlets heating costs more.

Istat, Italy's statistics office, counts 2,015 residents in 2023, down 4.8% since 2011. The average age is 47.9, close to the provincial 47.4, with 26.5% over 65 and 3.2% foreign residents. Declared incomes are slightly below the average for the province of Turin.

Caprie is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.116 g in the built-up area. For the stone houses of the hamlets, look at the load-bearing walls, roof and the ties between floors and walls. On a hillside crossed by streams running down to the Dora, the report reads the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report goes down to the plot.

Key points

  • Lower Susa valley, west of Turin.
  • Convenient valley floor or stone hamlets higher up.
  • Population down 4.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.116 g.

Overview

Caprie is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,015 residents, ranked 129 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Caprie is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.116 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 4.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Caprie declared an average taxable income of 25,563 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Caprie is in climate zone E, with 2,915 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 374 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Caprie has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

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 6.2% of the land in Caprie, 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

Caprie 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 Caprie.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Caprie: 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 Caprie 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 Caprie. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.8%
  • good 99.2%

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 001055. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.