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Chiesanuova: 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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Chiesanuova, a hillside village in the Canavese

Chiesanuova lies in the Canavese, the area north of Turin, on the high ground rising behind the town of Cuorgnè, at around six hundred and fifty metres. It is a municipality of hamlets and scattered houses among meadows and woods, with hairpin roads and a very small centre. Cuorgnè and the Canavese plain are where people go for schools, shops and work, and Turin is within reach for a day trip.

The figures here run against the trend of many mountain villages. Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 227 residents in 2023, 24 more than the 203 of 2011, a rise of 11.8%. The estimated average age is 46.3, a little below the 47.4 of the province of Turin, and over-65s make up 25.6%. The share of foreign residents stands out at 24.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

At this altitude, winter is the main consideration. The climate zone is F, so heating runs for a long season and costs depend heavily on insulation and windows. Many houses are old stone buildings, sometimes only partly renovated: ask for the building permits for any work done and look closely at the roof, chimneys and the drainage of walls built against the slope. On steep lanes, access in snow and parking matter too.

Chiesanuova is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, the same as 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.050 g. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, which is useful on sloping ground like this.

Key points

  • Hillside municipality in the Canavese, above Cuorgnè.
  • 227 residents in 2023, up 11.8% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents at 24.2%; average age 46.3.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.050 g.

Overview

Chiesanuova is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 227 residents, among the smallest in the province (295 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chiesanuova 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 0.050 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 11.8%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 24.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chiesanuova declared an average taxable income of 21,792 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Chiesanuova is in climate zone F, with 3,224 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 664 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools 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 3.7% of the land in Chiesanuova, 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

Chiesanuova 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 Chiesanuova.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Chiesanuova: 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 Chiesanuova 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 7 inhabited census areas in Chiesanuova. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 24.2%
  • good 75.8%

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 001079. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.