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Inverso Pinasca: 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 Provinciale 1, Inverso Pinasca.

Inverso Pinasca, the shaded side of the Val Chisone

In Piedmont's valleys the north-facing side is called the inverso, the one that gets less sun in winter, and Inverso Pinasca occupies exactly the side of the Val Chisone that faces Pinasca. The municipality is a scattering of hamlets among woods and meadows, at about 560 metres, above the floor of the Chisone valley. Pinerolo, further down, is the reference town for work, schools and hospital.

Buying here means choosing the quiet of a mountain hamlet, with some practical limits to weigh up. Aspect matters: fewer hours of sun in winter, more damp in the walls, ice on the roads in the cold months. Houses are mostly stone rural buildings, some renovated, others needing work, and access can be narrow. On the slopes the report measures gradient and elevation and reads the official landslide and debris-flow maps, as well as flooding along the streams.

In 2023 there were 690 residents, down 6.9% on 2011. The average age is 50.2 against 47.4 in the metropolitan city of Turin, and over-65s make up 28.8%. Average declared income is below the provincial level.

Seismic hazard is moderate: Inverso Pinasca is in zone 3 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 270 other municipalities around Turin, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.134 g. For a stone house, have the connections between walls and roof checked and ask what structural work has been done.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps: the report traces the address to its land parcel, helpful in hamlets where buildings touch and boundaries are not always obvious.

Key points

  • Hamlets on the north-facing side of the Val Chisone.
  • 690 residents, down 6.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.134 g.
  • Less winter sun: allow for damp and icy roads.

Overview

Inverso Pinasca is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 690 residents, ranked 235 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Inverso Pinasca 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 0.134 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 6.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Inverso Pinasca declared an average taxable income of 22,746 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Inverso Pinasca is in climate zone F, with 3,194 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 560 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Inverso Pinasca has 1 healthcare facility.

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 6.1% of the land in Inverso Pinasca, 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

Inverso Pinasca 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 high. 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 Inverso Pinasca.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Inverso Pinasca: 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 Inverso Pinasca 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 18 inhabited census areas in Inverso Pinasca. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 55.4%
  • good 44.6%

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 001122. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.