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Monastero di Lanzo: 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: Strada Fontana Sistina 2, Monastero di Lanzo.

Monastero di Lanzo, mountain hamlets above Lanzo Torinese

Monastero di Lanzo is a mountain municipality in the Lanzo valleys, above Lanzo Torinese, with its main village at around eight hundred metres and many hamlets scattered over the slopes among woods and pastures. For schools, shops and services people go down to Lanzo; Turin is where the jobs are, with a daily drive to factor in.

Many homes are old stone houses, some renovated as second homes by families from Turin, others still to be done up. Climate zone F means long cold winters, so insulation, windows and heating weigh heavily on running costs. Before buying, also check the access road to the hamlet, snow clearing and the connections to mains water and sewers. Landslides and streams are checked at the address with the official maps in the report.

There were 319 residents in 2023, 62 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 16.3%, according to Istat, Italy's national statistics office. The estimated average age is 54.2, against 47.4 in the metropolitan city of Turin, and over-65s make up 36.7%. Foreign residents account for 3.1%. Declared incomes are below the local average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like most of the metropolitan city (271 municipalities out of 312), and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.075 g, a low value. In a mountain stone house, the soundness of the roof and water running off the slope matter more than earthquakes.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report identifies the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Mountain hamlets in the Lanzo valleys, above Lanzo Torinese.
  • 319 residents in 2023, down 16.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.075 g.
  • Check hamlet access, snow clearing and utility connections.

Overview

Monastero di Lanzo is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 319 residents, among the smallest in the province (282 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Monastero di Lanzo 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 0.075 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 16.3%. 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 3.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Monastero di Lanzo declared an average taxable income of 20,814 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Monastero di Lanzo is in climate zone F, with 3,591 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 825 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 2.7% of the land in Monastero di Lanzo, 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

Monastero di Lanzo 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 Monastero di Lanzo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Monastero di Lanzo: 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 Monastero di Lanzo 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 16 inhabited census areas in Monastero di Lanzo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 11.6%
  • good 88.4%

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 001155. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.