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Orio Canavese: 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 Torino 1, Orio Canavese.

Orio Canavese, a quiet village in the Canavese hills

In the hills of the Canavese, north of Turin, at around 300 metres, Orio Canavese is a quiet residential village, with a compact centre and newer houses scattered among meadows, copses and fields. For work and services people look to Ivrea, Turin and the larger towns nearby, reached by car.

The market consists of detached houses with gardens, small villas and a few old houses in the historic core. For people coming from the city the advantage is space; the drawbacks are limited services in the village and the need for a car for almost everything. In houses from the 1970s and 1980s, look at insulation, windows and the boiler, since this is climate zone E and winters are cold.

The number of residents has fallen. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 742 in 2023, 10.5% fewer than the 829 of 2011. The average age is 50.7 against 47.4 in the metropolitan area of Turin, and over-65s make up 33.0%, more than the 26.4%. Foreign residents account for 5.3%. Average declared income is close to the metropolitan average, slightly below it.

Seismic hazard is low. Orio Canavese is in zone 3, like 270 other municipalities in the metropolitan area, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.043 g.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps for Orio, and the report links the address to its land parcel. On sloping ground and near ditches, landslide and flood hazard are read from the official maps spot by spot.

Key points

  • Residential village in the Canavese hills.
  • 742 residents, down 10.5% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 33.0%, against 26.4% in the Turin area.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration, about 0.043 g.

Overview

Orio Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 742 residents, ranked 227 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Orio Canavese 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 0.043 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 10.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Orio Canavese declared an average taxable income of 25,863 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Orio Canavese is in climate zone E, with 2,844 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 327 metres above sea level.

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 5.5% of the land in Orio Canavese, 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

Orio Canavese 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 Orio Canavese.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Orio Canavese: 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 Orio Canavese 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 8 inhabited census areas in Orio Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 001172. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.