La Cassa: 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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La Cassa, the first hills north-west of Turin
La Cassa is a village on the first hills north-west of Turin, where the plain starts rising towards the Alps, in a landscape of woods, meadows and scattered houses. It is mainly residential: many people work in Turin or in the towns around it, and the city is under an hour's drive, depending on traffic.
The population is almost steady: 1,764 residents in 2023, down 1.0% on 2011. The average age of 46.2 is below 47.4 for the province, and over-65s are 23.1%, fewer than the provincial 26.4%. Households have 2.30 members on average and foreign residents make up 2.6%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.
House hunters in La Cassa will mostly find detached houses with gardens, restored farmhouses and a few homes in the small centre. The village has schools, a pharmacy and a supermarket; for anything else people go to nearby towns on the plain. Winters are cold (climate zone E), so a detached house needs attention to insulation and heating.
Earthquake risk is moderate: La Cassa is in seismic zone 3, as are 270 other municipalities in the Metropolitan City of Turin, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.066 g in the built-up area.
For a hillside house, what matters is the slope of the plot, access and drainage. The report for an address measures the slope, checks the official landslide and flood maps and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency cadastral maps.
Key points
- First hills north-west of Turin, towards the Alps.
- Average age 46.2, below 47.4 for the province.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.066 g.
- Villas and farmhouses: check slope and access.
Overview
La Cassa is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,764 residents, ranked 141 of 312 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, La Cassa 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 0.066 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in La Cassa declared an average taxable income of 25,933 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
La Cassa is in climate zone E, with 2,915 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 374 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, La Cassa has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 2 sports facilities.
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 8.4% of the land in La Cassa, 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
La Cassa 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 open contaminated sites in La Cassa; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within La Cassa: 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 La Cassa 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 19 inhabited census areas in La Cassa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 1.0%
- good 99.0%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Piemonte, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Piemonte, Anagrafe regionale dei siti contaminati (ASCO). Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 9 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 001126. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.