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Cintano: 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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Cintano, a hillside village in the Canavese

Cintano has 245 residents according to Istat, the national statistics office (2023), down 6.1% on 2011, and its age profile matches the province: the estimated average age of 47.6 is practically the same as the 47.4 of the Turin metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 29.0%. Foreign residents account for 10.2%.

The village lies in the Canavese at about six hundred and fifty metres, where the hills give way to the first Alpine ridges. It is hillside country, with meadows, woods and hamlets linked by narrow roads. Work and services mean driving down to the Canavese plain; Ivrea and Turin are the towns people use for the hospital, secondary schools and offices, and a car is essential.

Buyers will find stone houses in the old core, detached homes built in recent decades and the odd farm building to restore. This is climate zone F, so winter is long and heating costs add up: ask for the last few years' bills and look at the energy performance certificate. Average declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

For earthquakes, Cintano is in zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province, with a low expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.049 g. On sloping ground, slope stability and drainage matter more, and the report checks them for the address against the official maps. Cadastral maps are published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).

Key points

  • Hillside village in the Canavese, at about six hundred and fifty metres.
  • Average age 47.6, close to the provincial 47.4.
  • Foreign residents at 10.2%; population down 6.1%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.049 g.

Overview

Cintano is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 245 residents, among the smallest in the province (292 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cintano 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 0.049 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 6.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cintano declared an average taxable income of 25,999 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cintano is in climate zone F, with 3,195 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 646 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 3.6% of the land in Cintano, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 1.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cintano 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 Cintano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cintano: 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 Cintano 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 5 inhabited census areas in Cintano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 7.9%
  • good 92.1%

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 001084. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.