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Caselette: 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: Corso Susa 2, Caselette.

Caselette, below Monte Musinè at the mouth of the Susa valley

Monte Musinè, the mountain that closes the northern side of the entrance to the Susa valley, towers over Caselette: the town lies right at its foot, at around 400 metres, where the Turin plain meets the first hills. Turin is some twenty kilometres away and many residents work there, using the lower valley roads to reach the city or the ring road.

The town has grown with detached houses and small blocks around the old core, and the market is mostly first homes for families. Higher areas towards the mountainside are steeper and sunnier; those towards the plain are handier for roads and services. The report measures elevation and slope at the address and checks the official landslide and flood maps, worth reading for plots at the foot of the mountain.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 3,021 residents in 2023, up 3.1% since 2011. The average age is 46.4, slightly below the metropolitan area's 47.4, with over-65s at 25.3% and foreign nationals at 5.2%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average, slightly below.

Caselette is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.078 g: a moderate level shared by much of the Turin valleys. In older stone houses, check the roof, load-bearing walls and rising damp; in newer ones, the energy rating and systems make a big difference to bills in a climate zone E winter.

Key points

  • At the foot of Monte Musinè, where the Susa valley opens.
  • 3,021 residents, up 3.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.078 g.
  • Commuting to Turin, some twenty kilometres away.

Overview

Caselette is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,021 residents, ranked 108 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Caselette 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 0.078 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 grown by 3.1%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Caselette declared an average taxable income of 26,494 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Caselette is in climate zone E, with 2,961 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 405 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Caselette has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets 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 10.5% of the land in Caselette, 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

Caselette 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 open contaminated sites in Caselette; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Caselette: 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 Caselette 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 26 inhabited census areas in Caselette. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 17.2%
  • good 82.8%

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 001062. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.