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Montalto Dora: 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 Ivrea 1, Montalto Dora.

Montalto Dora, lakes and moraine hills north of Ivrea

Just north of Ivrea, where the Dora Baltea river, having left the Aosta Valley, crosses the moraine hills of the Canavese, Montalto Dora combines a built-up valley floor with a landscape of hills, woods and small lakes. The castle looks down on the village, and among the hills lie small lakes such as Lago Pistono, popular for walks and summer swims.

For buyers, the link with Ivrea is what matters most: schools, the hospital, jobs and the station are close, and Turin can be reached by car or train. The market offers flats in blocks from the sixties and seventies, detached houses and village homes, plus the odd isolated house in the hills. Prices are generally modest compared with the Turin average.

The population is slowly falling: 3,310 residents in 2023, 4.1% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 48.9, higher than that of the metropolitan area (47.4), and over-65s make up 28.7% against 26.4%. Households are small, 2.10 people on average. Foreign residents account for 8.6%, and average declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Montalto Dora is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like most of the Turin area, but with a very low expected acceleration of about 0.044 g. For a flat in an older block, energy efficiency and the state of shared parts matter more. Near the Dora and the lakes, the report checks the official flood maps for the address, useful when looking at ground-floor homes.

Key points

  • Moraine hills and lakes just north of Ivrea.
  • Residents down 4.1% since 2011.
  • Average age 48.9, households of 2.10.
  • Seismic zone 3, very low acceleration: 0.044 g.

Overview

Montalto Dora is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,310 residents, ranked 93 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montalto Dora 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 0.044 g, a low 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 4.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montalto Dora declared an average taxable income of 25,367 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montalto Dora is in climate zone E, with 2,728 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 247 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montalto Dora has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 2 sports facilities.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 14.9% of the land in Montalto Dora, 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

Montalto Dora 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Montalto Dora. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montalto Dora: 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 Montalto Dora 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 18 inhabited census areas in Montalto Dora. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 13.1%
  • fair 68.6%
  • good 18.3%

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 001160. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.