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Caresana: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Corso Roma 1, Caresana.

Caresana, a rice-growing village gaining residents

In 2023 Caresana had 1,076 residents, 4.7% more than in 2011 (Istat, the national statistics office). The population is also younger than the provincial average, at 47.2 against 48.4, and foreign nationals make up 19.8% of residents. Households average 2.39 people.

The village lies on the Vercelli plain, surrounded by rice paddies that are flooded every spring. The centre is compact, with courtyard houses and a few historic buildings; outside it there are isolated farmsteads and straight country roads between the fields. Vercelli is the reference for the hospital, secondary schools and the railway station, and you need a car.

The housing stock is largely old: village houses with courtyards and farmsteads, which are worth assessing for rising damp, roof condition and systems. The climate is zone E, with cold, foggy winters. Declared incomes are below the provincial average. With a farmstead and outbuildings, establish early on which buildings are habitable and which are not.

Seismic hazard is low: Caresana is in zone 4 along with 80 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.038 g. Water matters more than earthquakes: with irrigation canals, ditches and rivers across the plain, the official flood maps need reading for each address, and the report does this automatically.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, and for a farmstead with land they show which parcels belong to the property.

Key points

  • Rice-growing village, population up 4.7% since 2011.
  • Average age 47.2, below the provincial 48.4.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.038 g.
  • Courtyard houses and farmsteads: check damp and roofs.

Overview

Caresana is a municipality in the province of Vercelli, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,076 residents, ranked 29 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Caresana is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 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 grown by 4.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 19.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Caresana declared an average taxable income of 21,487 euros, below the provincial average (24,991 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Caresana is in climate zone E, with 2,820 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 119 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Caresana has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 3.8% of the land in Caresana, compared with 5.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Caresana 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 Caresana.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Caresana: 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 Caresana 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 12 inhabited census areas in Caresana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 99.9%

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 002030. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.