Pavone 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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Pavone Canavese, a castle on the plain below Ivrea
The outline of the castle on a rise above the village is the first thing you notice when arriving in Pavone Canavese. The municipality lies on the plain south of Ivrea, inside the large morainic amphitheatre left by the ancient Dora Baltea glacier, among fields, copses and the hills that close the horizon. Ivrea is so close that in many ways Pavone is part of it: that is where the hospital, secondary schools and the station with trains to Turin are.
The village grew mainly as a place to live for people working in Ivrea and in local industry. Today the market offers detached houses with gardens, small blocks of flats from the 1960s and 1970s and some old houses in the historic core. For buildings from that period, insulation, windows and heating matter, and in climate zone E heating is a big cost. Average declared incomes are a little below the average for the Metropolitan City of Turin.
The population is falling: 3,588 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, 302 fewer than in 2011 (7.8%). It is also older: the average age is 49.9 against 47.4 in the Turin area, and over-65s make up 30.6% against 26.4%. Foreign residents account for 5.4%.
Earthquake risk is limited. In the Metropolitan City of Turin 271 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 and 41 in zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale; Pavone is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.044 g.
On the plain the thing to check is water from streams and channels, on the higher ground the slope. The report reads the flood and landslide maps at the address and, using the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, traces the land parcel.
Key points
- Plain south of Ivrea, in the morainic amphitheatre, with its castle.
- 3,588 residents in 2023, over-65s at 30.6%.
- Population down 7.8% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.044 g.
Overview
Pavone Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,588 residents, ranked 88 of 312 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pavone 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 0.044 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 7.8%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pavone Canavese declared an average taxable income of 25,951 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Pavone Canavese is in climate zone E, with 2,751 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 262 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pavone Canavese has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.
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 13.3% of the land in Pavone 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
Pavone 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 Pavone Canavese.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pavone 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 Pavone 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 21 inhabited census areas in Pavone Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.2%
- fair 65.0%
- good 34.8%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Piemonte, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Piemonte, Anagrafe regionale dei siti contaminati (ASCO). Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 9 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 001181. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.