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Forno Canavese: 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 Carlo Alberto 1, Forno Canavese.

Forno Canavese, at the foot of the Alto Canavese mountains

Where the Canavese plain ends and the first mountains begin, Forno Canavese spreads over a slope at almost six hundred metres, with hamlets scattered across the surrounding hillsides. It has a tradition of crafts and industry, with small firms that for decades provided work for the area. Turin is about an hour's drive away; the nearest reference towns are those of the upper Canavese.

The market offers detached houses, often with land, and flats in blocks built between the 1960s and 1980s, when the town was growing. Many older houses are in stone and need work on roofs and systems. The climate is a real factor: climate zone F, long cold winters and heating on for many months. On the slopes and along the streams the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

The population is falling: Istat, the national statistics office, counted 3,162 residents in 2023, down 12.5% since 2011. The average age is 48.7, against 47.4 for the Turin metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 29.9%. Foreign nationals account for 11.1%, a high share for a mountain town. Average incomes are below the provincial average.

Seismic risk is moderate: zone 3 in the Civil Protection classification, expected ground acceleration 0.055 g. For a house here, insulation, the energy rating and the state of the boiler matter more, as they weigh heavily on everyday costs.

Key points

  • Foothills of the upper Canavese, nearly six hundred metres up.
  • Down 12.5% since 2011, foreigners at 11.1%.
  • Climate zone F: insulation and boiler matter a lot.
  • Seismic zone 3, acceleration 0.055 g.

Overview

Forno Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,162 residents, ranked 100 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Forno Canavese 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 0.055 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 12.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 11.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Forno Canavese declared an average taxable income of 25,737 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Forno Canavese is in climate zone F, with 3,231 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 585 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Forno Canavese has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.3 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).

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 8.0% of the land in Forno Canavese, 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

Forno Canavese 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Forno Canavese. 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 Forno Canavese: 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 Forno Canavese 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 46 inhabited census areas in Forno Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.2%
  • good 98.8%

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 001107. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.