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Pavarolo: 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 del Mondo 1, Pavarolo.

Pavarolo, a village in the hills east of Turin

From the streets of Pavarolo, at around 360 metres, the view runs across the plain of Turin to the arc of the Alps. The village sits in the hills east of the city, towards Chieri, in a landscape of meadows, woods and small hamlets. The painter Felice Casorati spent long periods here and painted the village in several works.

For people working in Turin, Pavarolo is a hillside choice: detached houses, villas with gardens, the odd restored farmhouse, and the car every day to get down to the city or to Chieri. Declared incomes are above the provincial average, and unlike many small municipalities the population has grown: 1,166 residents in 2023, up 4.2% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office.

The average age is 46.6, slightly below the provincial 47.4, and over-65s are 24.7% against 26.4%. Foreign residents make up 5.8%. Households have 2.29 members on average.

Seismic hazard is low. Pavarolo is in zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like 40 other municipalities in the Metropolitan City of Turin, while most of them, 271, are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration is 0.046 g. For a house on the hill, what matters more is the ground it stands on, the retaining walls and how rainwater drains away.

The slope is the thing to check: on the sides of the Turin hills landslide hazard changes from one plot to the next, and the report checks it on the official maps starting from the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, which lead from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hills east of Turin, with views over the plain and the Alps.
  • Population up 4.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration 0.046 g.
  • Slope and landslide hazard checked plot by plot.

Overview

Pavarolo is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,166 residents, ranked 182 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pavarolo 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 0.046 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 grown by 4.2%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pavarolo declared an average taxable income of 29,606 euros, above the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pavarolo is in climate zone E, with 2,898 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 363 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pavarolo has 2 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

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 12.5% of the land in Pavarolo, 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

Pavarolo 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 Pavarolo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pavarolo: 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 Pavarolo 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 Pavarolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 46.8%
  • good 53.2%

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 001180. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.