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Ingria: 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: Frazione Camprovardo 1, Ingria.

Ingria, stone houses in the Valle Soana

In the Valle Soana, one of the Canavese valleys that climb towards the Gran Paradiso massif, Ingria is a small stone village above eight hundred metres. The houses have thick walls and slab roofs, the lanes are narrow and steep, and smaller hamlets around the village are reached by footpaths and mountain roads.

Houses already restored stand alongside others still to be done up, and for a buyer the difference is big: a house already done up costs more but can be lived in straight away, while one to restore needs plans, permits and a budget that rises quickly in the mountains because of transport and labour. Ingria is in climate zone F, the coldest band in Italy's heating classification, with cold, snowy winters.

Figures from Istat, the national statistics office, show 46 residents in 2023, down 6.1% since 2011. The estimated average age is 54.1 against 47.4 in the province of Turin, and over-65s make up 43.5%, against 26.4% province-wide. Declared incomes are below the provincial average. For schools, doctors and shops you head down towards the mouth of the valley.

Ingria is in seismic zone 3, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.054 g, a low value. In an old stone house, the roof, floors and damp matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report finds the land parcel from the address. In an Alpine valley, landslides, avalanches and stream floods should be checked for the individual house on the official maps.

Key points

  • Stone village in the Valle Soana, Canavese, above 800 metres.
  • 46 residents in 2023, down 6.1% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 43.5%, against 26.4% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.054 g.

Overview

Ingria is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 46 residents, among the smallest in the province (312 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ingria 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 0.054 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 6.1%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (47). 43% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ingria declared an average taxable income of 21,521 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ingria is in climate zone F, with 3,497 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 816 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 0.8% of the land in Ingria, 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

Ingria 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 Ingria.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ingria: 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 Ingria 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 8 inhabited census areas in Ingria. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 7.1%
  • good 92.9%

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 001121. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.