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Perosa 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 Umberto Primo 1, Perosa Canavese.

Perosa Canavese, a small village near Ivrea

Perosa Canavese is a short drive from Ivrea, and that says a lot about the place: a small municipality in the Canavese, at around 265 metres, among fields, copses and country lanes, where people live quietly and work in town. Turin is within driving distance for commuters.

In 2023 there were 502 residents, 9.7% fewer than in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The mean age of 48.8 is close to the 47.4 of the metropolitan city of Turin, over-65s are 27.5% and foreign residents 3.2%. Households have 2.08 members on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The market offers village houses with a courtyard, detached homes and the odd farmhouse. The checks are practical: year of construction and energy rating, the state of the roof and systems and, for farmhouses, whether outbuildings converted into living space are properly authorised. The climate zone is E, with cold winters and some foggy days.

For earthquakes, Perosa Canavese is in seismic zone 3, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the Turin area, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.044 g, a low value. In older houses, structural upkeep matters more.

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to the land parcel. For that spot it reads the official landslide and flood maps and measures the real distance to schools, pharmacies and shops, which in a small municipality are often in neighbouring towns.

Key points

  • Canavese, at around 265 metres, near Ivrea.
  • 502 residents in 2023, down 9.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.044 g.
  • Farmhouses: check converted outbuildings are authorised.

Overview

Perosa Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 502 residents, ranked 257 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Perosa 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 9.7%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Perosa Canavese declared an average taxable income of 23,926 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Perosa Canavese is in climate zone E, with 2,755 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 265 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Perosa Canavese has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 7.4% of the land in Perosa 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

Perosa 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 Perosa Canavese.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Perosa 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 Perosa 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 10 inhabited census areas in Perosa Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 001185. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.