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Claviere: 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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Claviere, the border village on the Via Lattea ski slopes

You reach Claviere by driving up from Cesana towards the Montgenèvre pass, and after the last houses France begins. The village stands above seventeen hundred metres at the head of the upper Susa valley and lives from skiing: its slopes are part of the Via Lattea ski area, linked with those on the French side. The small centre has hotels, holiday residences, shops and restaurants.

The property market is therefore almost entirely holiday homes, flats in apartment blocks built with the winter season in mind. Buyers should look carefully at service charges, whether heating is central or individual, the state of the roof and shared areas, and covered parking. The climate is zone F, the coldest, with snow for many months. For trains you go down to Oulx, on the line linking Turin with France.

Permanent residents are few, but the community is young: 200 in 2023, 8 more than the 192 of 2011 (a rise of 4.2%), with an estimated average age of 41.4 against 47.4 in the metropolitan city of Turin. Over-65s make up 18.5% and foreign residents 14.0%.

Claviere is in seismic zone 3, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the Turin area, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.108 g. For an apartment block, ask about the construction date and any structural checks. On the slopes the report checks the address against the official landslide maps, and Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published.

Key points

  • Border village with France, on the Via Lattea ski slopes.
  • 200 residents in 2023, up 4.2% since 2011.
  • Average age 41.4 against 47.4 in the Turin area.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.108 g.

Overview

Claviere is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 200 residents, among the smallest in the province (300 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Claviere 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 0.108 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 4.2%. The estimated average age is 41 years, lower than the province average (47). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 14.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Claviere declared an average taxable income of 24,778 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Claviere is in climate zone F, with 4,994 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,760 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Claviere has 1 school. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 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 6.4% of the land in Claviere, 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

Claviere 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 low. 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 Claviere.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Claviere: 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 Claviere 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 4 inhabited census areas in Claviere. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • good 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 001087. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.