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Cuorgnè: 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: Via Fratelli Rosselli Salto 1, Cuorgnè.

Cuorgnè, where the Orco valley opens onto the Canavese

Cuorgnè stands at the mouth of the Orco valley, where the mountain river leaves the Alps and enters the Canavese plain north of Turin, and it serves as the main town for the villages up the valley. Heading upstream you reach the Gran Paradiso National Park; downstream the road runs towards Rivarolo Canavese and Turin. The town hall is at about four hundred metres and winters are cold (climate zone E).

The Canavesana railway links Cuorgnè with Rivarolo and on towards Turin, useful for anyone commuting to the city. Its role as a valley centre shows in the services: Overture Maps, an open map dataset, lists 12 schools and colleges, 1.26 per 1,000 residents against 0.77 in the metropolitan area, and 6 healthcare facilities.

The population is falling. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 9,488 residents in 2023, down 5.9% on 2011. The average age of 47.5 is similar to the metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 27.0%. Foreign nationals account for 13.5%, a high share for a town this size. Incomes are below the Turin area average.

The old centre has period houses and multi-storey buildings, surrounded by blocks of flats from the 1960s and 1970s and detached homes. The Orco is prone to sudden floods, so for houses in the low-lying areas near the riverbed the flood maps are the first thing to check; on the slopes at the edge of town, landslide risk matters instead. The report looks at both for the address.

Earthquake hazard is low: the Civil Protection Department places Cuorgnè in zone 3, like 271 of 312 municipalities in the metropolitan area, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.050 g. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published and the report works down to the plot.

Key points

  • At the mouth of the Orco valley, on the road to Gran Paradiso.
  • Canavesana railway towards Rivarolo and Turin.
  • Population down 5.9% since 2011, foreign nationals 13.5%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.050 g.

Overview

Cuorgnè is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 9,488 residents, ranked 35 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cuorgnè 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 0.050 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 fallen by 5.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 13.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cuorgnè declared an average taxable income of 24,552 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cuorgnè is in climate zone E, with 2,975 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 414 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cuorgnè has 12 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.8 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

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 14.0% of the land in Cuorgnè, 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

Cuorgnè 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Cuorgnè. 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 Cuorgnè: 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 Cuorgnè 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 144 inhabited census areas in Cuorgnè. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.7%
  • fair 7.8%
  • good 74.1%
  • very good 17.3%

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 001098. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.