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Maglione: 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 Cigliano 1, Maglione.

Maglione, the Canavese village of murals on the Vercelli border

Painted façades are the first thing you notice in Maglione, a Canavese village on the border with the province of Vercelli. Since the 1980s it has hosted MACAM, an open-air museum of contemporary art made up of murals and works scattered through the streets, and anyone passing through spots it straight away. Otherwise it is a small farming village on a gentle rise, surrounded by fields and woods.

Buyers in Maglione will find village houses, farmhouses and small villas, often with generous plots. For work and services people drive to Ivrea, Santhià or Vercelli, depending on where they are employed. In older houses rising damp, the roof and insulation are what count, because winters in climate zone E are cold and heating weighs on running costs.

In 2023 there were 423 residents, 9.6% fewer than the 468 of 2011. The estimated average age is 49.1, against 47.4 for the province of Turin, and over-65s make up 31.4%. Foreign residents account for 3.3%, and households average 2.17 people. Declared incomes remain below the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low: Maglione is in seismic zone 4 of the national classification kept by the Civil Protection Department, like 41 of the 312 municipalities in the province of Turin, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.040 g. With a farmhouse, the state of the farm buildings and whether any extensions were authorised matter more than earthquakes.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the municipality's cadastral maps: from the address the report finds the land parcel, useful to know which land and outbuildings are included in the sale.

Key points

  • Village of the MACAM murals, in the Canavese on the Vercelli border.
  • Seismic zone 4, like 41 of 312 Turin municipalities.
  • 423 residents in 2023, down 9.6% since 2011.
  • Farmhouses: check outbuildings, land and extensions.

Overview

Maglione is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 423 residents, ranked 269 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Maglione is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 41 of 312 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.040 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 9.6%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Maglione declared an average taxable income of 24,451 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Maglione is in climate zone E, with 2,819 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 310 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 4.5% of the land in Maglione, 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

Maglione 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 Maglione.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Maglione: 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 Maglione 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 4 inhabited census areas in Maglione. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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

ISTAT code 001143. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.