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Lemie: 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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Lemie, in the Val di Viù among the Lanzo valleys

Of the three Lanzo valleys, the Val di Viù is the southernmost, and Lemie lies in its upper part, at about nine hundred and fifty metres, with the Stura di Viù stream at the bottom and woods climbing towards the pastures. The municipality consists of a main village and stone hamlets spread across the slopes. Turin is the reference for work and hospitals but means a long drive down the valley road; for nearer services people go down towards Viù and Lanzo.

The population is very elderly. Over-65s make up 41.1%, against 26.4% in the metropolitan city of Turin, and the estimated average age reaches 57.9. In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 158 residents, 31 fewer than the 189 of 2011, a fall of 16.4%. For buyers that means a quiet village with few services on the spot.

Many houses in the hamlets are old mountain homes with stone walls and stone-slab roofs. The roof is the first thing to check, then damp, wiring and plumbing, and access: some hamlets are reached by narrow, steep roads that have to be cleared of snow in winter. In climate zone F the heating runs for a long time, so ask for the energy bills of the last few winters.

Lemie is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 270 other municipalities in the Turin area, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.115 g. For a stone building, it helps to know whether any strengthening work has been done. In an Alpine valley the more concrete risks come from slopes and the stream, and the report checks them on the official landslide and flood maps for the exact spot. Revenue Agency maps are published, and the report finds the cadastral parcel.

Key points

  • Mountain village in the upper Val di Viù, one of the Lanzo valleys.
  • Over-65s at 41.1%, against 26.4% in the Turin area.
  • 158 residents in 2023, down 16.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.115 g.

Overview

Lemie is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 158 residents, among the smallest in the province (303 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lemie 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 0.115 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 16.4%. The estimated average age is 58 years, higher than the province average (47). 41% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lemie declared an average taxable income of 22,915 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lemie is in climate zone F, with 3,789 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 957 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 0.7% of the land in Lemie, 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

Lemie 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 medium. 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 Lemie.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Lemie: 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 Lemie 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 11 inhabited census areas in Lemie. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 51.4%
  • good 48.6%

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 001131. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.