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Casapinta: 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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Casapinta, a hill village in eastern Biella province

The Biella area is wool country, home to famous mills, and even in hill villages like Casapinta many families worked for generations in the local textile trade. The municipality lies in the hills of the eastern part of the province, among woods, meadows and small clusters of houses, at a little over 400 metres.

This is a place to choose for quiet and for space around the house rather than for services: for a supermarket, a doctor, secondary school or work, people drive to the larger towns of the province. If you buy an older house, look carefully at the roof, the wiring and the heating, because winters here are climate zone E, cold and damp.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 376 residents in 2023, 17.2% fewer than in 2011, when there were 454. The population is slightly younger than the provincial average: an estimated average age of 48.7 against 49.7, and over-65s at 27.9% against 30.1% for the province of Biella. Declared incomes remain below the provincial average.

The seismic zone is 4, the lowest level on the Civil Protection Department's scale, shared with 49 other municipalities in the province; the remaining 24 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.041 g.

Cadastral maps are published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), and the report gets from the address to the land parcel. On sloping land and near streams, it is worth reading the official landslide and flood maps for the exact spot: the report includes them for the address.

Key points

  • Hill village in the Biella area, Italy's wool district.
  • 376 residents in 2023, 17.2% fewer than in 2011.
  • Over-65s at 27.9%, below 30.1% for the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.041 g.

Overview

Casapinta is a municipality in the province of Biella, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 376 residents, ranked 60 of 74 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Casapinta 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 0.041 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 17.2%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 28% 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 Casapinta declared an average taxable income of 22,881 euros, below the provincial average (25,111 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Casapinta is in climate zone E, with 2,866 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 432 metres above sea level.

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 4.6% of the land in Casapinta, 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

Casapinta 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 Casapinta.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Casapinta: 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 Casapinta 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 6 inhabited census areas in Casapinta. 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 096014. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.