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Marentino: 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, Marentino.

Marentino, the Chieri hills towards Asti

Marentino is a village in the eastern Turin hills, north-east of Chieri, where the high ground starts to drop towards the Asti area. The centre is just under four hundred metres, surrounded by woods, meadows and scattered houses along ridge roads. Chieri is close, and Turin is about half an hour by car.

The market is made up of detached homes: houses with gardens, renovated farmhouses and the odd rustic building still to be done up. On sloping hillside plots, retaining walls and drainage matter, so check their condition before signing. It is climate zone E, with cold winters, and hill roads slow down when icy.

Declared incomes are in line with the province of Turin average. There were 1,286 residents in 2023, 7.0% fewer than in 2011; the average age is 48.8 against 47.4, and over-65s are 29.9%, above the provincial 26.4%. Foreign residents are few, 2.7%.

In the province of Turin, 271 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 and 41 in zone 4 (the national classification set by the Civil Protection department). Marentino is among the latter, in zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.044 g: earthquakes are not the main concern here.

On the slopes, landslide hazard matters more and should be read for each house. The report checks it on the official maps and finds the land parcel using the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Eastern Turin hills, north-east of Chieri.
  • Detached houses with gardens or sloping land.
  • Over-65s at 29.9%, against 26.4% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.044 g.

Overview

Marentino is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,286 residents, ranked 172 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Marentino 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 0.044 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 7.0%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Marentino declared an average taxable income of 27,383 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Marentino is in climate zone E, with 2,928 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 383 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Marentino has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

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 7.2% of the land in Marentino, 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

Marentino 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 low. 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 Marentino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Marentino: 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 Marentino 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 22 inhabited census areas in Marentino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 98.5%
  • good 1.5%

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 001144. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.