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Palazzo 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 Venti Settembre 1, Palazzo Canavese.

Palazzo Canavese, at the foot of the Serra of Ivrea

The Serra is the long moraine ridge left behind by the ancient Aosta valley glacier, closing the Ivrea amphitheatre to the east. Palazzo Canavese lies at its foot, on the Canavese plain, with the village strung along the road and meadows and fields climbing towards the woods on the ridge.

Ivrea is the reference for work, schools and hospital, and Turin can be reached by car. Buyers here usually want a detached house or a small villa with a garden, while staying close to a town with all services. In the countryside there are also farmhouses to restore, with large spaces and building work that needs careful costing.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 833 residents at the end of 2023, down 1.2% since 2011, a modest fall. The average age is 47.9 (47.4 in the metropolitan city), over-65s are 27.9% and foreign residents 7.3%. Declared average income is below the provincial figure.

Palazzo Canavese is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 271 of the 312 municipalities around Turin, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is low, about 0.041 g. For a house from the 1960s or 1970s, insulation, windows and systems matter most, along with a general structural check.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and the report links the address to its land parcel. Between the plain and the foot of the ridge there are irrigation channels and ditches, so the official flood maps should be read for the individual address.

Key points

  • At the foot of the Serra, the Ivrea moraine ridge.
  • Ivrea close by for work, schools and hospital.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration (0.041 g).
  • Population down 1.2% since 2011.

Overview

Palazzo Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 833 residents, ranked 215 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Palazzo 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 0.041 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 1.2%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Palazzo Canavese declared an average taxable income of 25,297 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Palazzo Canavese is in climate zone E, with 2,730 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 248 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Palazzo Canavese has 1 school.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 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 8.2% of the land in Palazzo 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

Palazzo Canavese 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 medium. 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 Palazzo Canavese.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Palazzo 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 Palazzo 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 12 inhabited census areas in Palazzo Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 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 001177. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.