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Chivasso: 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 Galileo Ferraris 1, Chivasso.

Chivasso, where the Orco meets the Po

Chivasso stands on the left bank of the Po, about twenty kilometres north-east of Turin, where the Orco river flows into it. This is where the Cavour Canal begins, carrying water from the Po to the rice fields around Vercelli and Novara, and the town's speciality is nocciolini, small hazelnut biscuits.

The location suits commuters. The station is a railway junction on the Turin to Milan line, with branches to Ivrea and Aosta and to Casale Monferrato, and the A4 motorway has exits at Chivasso. For people working in Turin the train is a practical alternative to the car, and the report measures the distance to the station from every address.

There were 26,118 residents in 2023, much the same as in 2011 (up 0.8%). The estimated average age is 47.0, close to that of the metropolitan city of Turin, and 25.8% of residents are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 7.6%, and declared incomes are slightly below the metropolitan average.

Water is the main issue. Floods from the Po, the Orco and the channels crossing the plain have reached the lowest-lying areas in the past, so the official flood maps should be checked for each address, especially for houses with a ground floor or cellar. The report does this and adds the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

For earthquakes, Chivasso is in zone 4 on the Civil Protection scale, like 40 other municipalities around Turin, the lowest hazard category, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.043 g. With cold winters (climate zone E), heating and insulation matter more in older blocks of flats.

Key points

  • On the Po, where the Orco joins it and the Cavour Canal begins.
  • Rail junction on the Turin to Milan line, A4 motorway exits.
  • Population steady since 2011, 25.8% over 65.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected ground acceleration about 0.043 g.

Overview

Chivasso is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 26,118 residents, among the most populous in the province (12 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chivasso is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 41 of 312 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.043 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. 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 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chivasso declared an average taxable income of 26,279 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Chivasso is in climate zone E, with 2,628 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 183 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Chivasso has 20 schools and 8 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 15 grocery shops and supermarkets, 21 healthcare facilities, 37 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.

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 19.7% of the land in Chivasso, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Chivasso 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 6 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Chivasso, and 6 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Chivasso: 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 Chivasso 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 166 inhabited census areas in Chivasso. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.5%
  • fair 41.2%
  • good 56.3%

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 001082. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.