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Locana: 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 Roma 1, Locana.

Locana, hamlets and woods in the Orco valley

Heading up the Orco valley from the Canavese towards Ceresole Reale, Locana is the municipality you reach halfway, with its main village on the valley floor at around six hundred metres and many hamlets scattered on the slopes. Part of its land, the higher part, lies within the Gran Paradiso National Park.

The village has lost many residents: there are now 1,309 (2023), 18.2% fewer than in 2011, or 292 people. The average age is 53.7 against 47.4 in the metropolitan city of Turin, and over-65s are 37.2%. Foreign residents make up 4.1%.

For buyers, location makes the difference. A house in the main village has the pharmacy, school and shops close by; a cottage in a high hamlet may have difficult winter access, spring water and weak phone signal, all things to check on site. The climate is zone F, with long winters. For the hospital, secondary schools and work, people go down to Cuorgnè and the rest of the Canavese. Average declared incomes are below the metropolitan average.

Locana is in seismic zone 3, like 270 other municipalities in the metropolitan city, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.066 g in the built-up area. In stone mountain houses, have the roof (stone slabs or metal sheeting), beams and walls checked.

In a narrow valley like this, streams, landslides and avalanches vary from one hamlet to the next. The report starts from the address, finds the land parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps and shows the official natural hazard maps for that spot.

Key points

  • Orco valley municipality, partly in the Gran Paradiso park.
  • 1,309 residents, down 18.2% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 37.2%, average age 53.7.
  • High hamlets: access, water and natural hazards by address.

Overview

Locana is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,309 residents, ranked 169 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Locana 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 resident population has fallen by 18.2%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (47). 37% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Locana declared an average taxable income of 22,983 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Locana is in climate zone F, with 3,273 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 613 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Locana has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

There are 1.5 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

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 1.0% of the land in Locana, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 8.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Locana 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 Locana.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Locana: 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 Locana 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 52 inhabited census areas in Locana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 90.1%
  • good 9.9%

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 001134. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.