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Civiasco: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Vercelli, 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: Via Ercole Durio 1, Civiasco.

Civiasco, on the road from the Valsesia to Lake Orta

A mountain pass road links Varallo, in the Valsesia, with Lake Orta, and Civiasco lies on the Valsesia side of it, at about seven hundred metres. It is a village of compact houses, meadows and woods, with the Valsesia on one side and, over the pass, the lake area. Varallo is the reference for schools, hospital and offices.

Buyers here mostly find detached houses or homes in small buildings, often with a bit of land, plus some holiday houses. Climate zone F means cold winters and heating for many months, so look at the energy rating, the roof and the boiler before talking about price. On a hillside like this, the report also checks the official landslide hazard maps for the address.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 223 residents in 2023, 42 fewer than the 265 of 2011, a fall of 15.8%. The estimated average age is 48.5, in line with the 48.4 of the province of Vercelli, and over-65s make up 25.1%. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

The earthquake picture is calm: Civiasco is in zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 81 of the 82 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.047 g. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel and measures the distance to the nearest services.

Key points

  • Hillside village on the road from Varallo to Lake Orta.
  • 223 residents in 2023, down 15.8% since 2011.
  • Declared incomes above the Vercelli provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.047 g.

Overview

Civiasco is a municipality in the province of Vercelli, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 223 residents, ranked 64 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Civiasco is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.047 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 resident population has fallen by 15.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Civiasco declared an average taxable income of 27,964 euros, above the provincial average (24,991 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Civiasco is in climate zone F, with 3,235 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 716 metres above sea level.

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 2.9% of the land in Civiasco, compared with 5.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Civiasco is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Civiasco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Civiasco: 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 Civiasco 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 Civiasco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 002043. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.