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Coazze: 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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Coazze, mountain hamlets in the upper Sangone valley

At the head of the Sangone valley, where it closes against the mountains separating it from the Chisone valley and the Susa valley, Coazze is the last municipality before the pastures and peaks. The main village is at around 750 metres, and the area is dotted with hamlets (borgate) scattered through chestnut and beech woods, some lived in all year and others mostly in summer.

In recent years the village has drawn new residents, families and people who work remotely, alongside those whose family has had a holiday home here for generations. For services and shops the reference is Giaveno, the largest town in the valley, and for work the Turin area, reached by car. The climate is alpine, in climate zone F, with long winters.

The population is growing: 3,265 residents in 2023, up 5.9% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office, which is rare for a mountain municipality. The average age is 48.5 against 47.4 for the Metropolitan City of Turin, and over-65s are 26.2%. Foreign residents make up 8.4%. Declared incomes remain below the metropolitan average.

Coazze is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 270 other municipalities in the Turin area, with an expected acceleration of about 0.127 g. In the stone houses of the hamlets, check stone slab or tiled roofs, the walls and the timber floors.

For isolated hamlets, the practical questions apply: winter access, snow clearing, water and drainage. On the ground itself, the report checks the official maps of slopes and streams for the address and identifies the cadastral parcel.

Key points

  • Upper Sangone valley, main village at around 750 metres.
  • Up 5.9% since 2011, rare for the mountains.
  • Scattered hamlets: check winter access.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.127 g.

Overview

Coazze is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,265 residents, ranked 95 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Coazze is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.127 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 5.9%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Coazze declared an average taxable income of 23,216 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Coazze is in climate zone F, with 3,479 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 750 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Coazze has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 2.2% of the land in Coazze, 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

Coazze 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 Coazze.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Coazze: 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 Coazze 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 34 inhabited census areas in Coazze. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.9%
  • good 59.4%
  • very good 38.7%

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 001089. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.