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Castellamonte: 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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For example: Frazione Spineto 1, Castellamonte.

Castellamonte, ceramics and the hills of Canavese

In Canavese, the area north of Turin towards the Alps, ceramics means Castellamonte. The red clay of the surrounding hills has been worked here for centuries, and the town is still known for its ceramic stoves and for the yearly show that fills the centre with pieces and craftspeople. The main town sits at around 340 metres, at the foot of the first hills, between Ivrea and Cuorgnè. In the square stand the circular walls of the Rotonda Antonelliana, a church designed by Alessandro Antonelli that was never finished.

The municipality is large and split into scattered hamlets across hill and plain, so buyers find very different options: flats and courtyard houses in the centre, detached houses in the newer areas, farmhouses and rural buildings to restore on the slopes. With a rural property, check access, services and the roof before making an offer. Declared incomes are slightly below the average for the province of Turin. The town is in climate zone E, with cold winters, so the energy rating makes a real difference to running costs.

At the end of 2023 there were 9,792 residents, down 1.3% on 2011, which means an almost steady population. Castellamonte ranks 34 by population among the 312 municipalities in the province. The estimated average age is 46.7, just below the provincial 47.4, and foreign residents make up 11.5%.

Earthquake risk is modest. Italy's Civil Protection Department places the town in seismic zone 3, like 270 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.048 g, a low value. In the stone and brick houses of the centre, the condition of walls, floors and roofs matters more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report works from the address to the land parcel. For the same spot it also checks landslide hazard on the slopes and flood hazard along the streams coming down from the valleys.

Key points

  • The ceramics town of Canavese, between Ivrea and Cuorgnè.
  • 9,792 residents, down 1.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration of about 0.048 g.
  • Hamlets across hill and plain, with farmhouses to restore.

Overview

Castellamonte is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 9,792 residents, ranked 34 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castellamonte 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 0.048 g, a low 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 1.3%. 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 11.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castellamonte declared an average taxable income of 24,734 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Castellamonte is in climate zone E, with 2,659 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 343 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castellamonte has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 healthcare facilities and 3 sports facilities.

There are 0.9 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

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 10.3% of the land in Castellamonte, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 1.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Castellamonte 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 5 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Castellamonte. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castellamonte: 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 Castellamonte 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 104 inhabited census areas in Castellamonte. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 5.5%
  • good 59.5%
  • very good 35.0%

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 001066. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.