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Pessinetto: 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 Roma 1, Pessinetto.

Pessinetto, a valley village on the Stura di Lanzo

Pessinetto lies in the Lanzo valleys, north-west of Turin, on a narrow stretch of valley carved by the Stura di Lanzo river. The village is at around six hundred metres, and its houses are split between the valley floor, near the road and the river, and the small hamlets higher up the slopes.

The Lanzo valleys have long been a holiday area for people from Turin, and here too there are summer and weekend homes alongside the permanent ones. The climate is in zone F, the coldest category, so heating is a real cost and good insulation matters more than on the plain. For work and larger services, people drive down towards Lanzo and the Turin suburbs.

There were 588 residents in 2023, down 3.1% on the 607 of 2011: a modest fall for a mountain municipality. The average age is 49.4, slightly above the 47.4 of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and over-65s make up 29.4%. Foreign residents account for 7.1%, and incomes are lower than the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3, like 270 other municipalities around Turin, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.080 g. For a stone house in one of the hamlets, the main checks are on the roof and the timber floors.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel. Conditions vary a lot between the valley floor by the river and the steep slopes, so river floods and landslides are checked on the official maps for the exact location.

Key points

  • Lanzo valleys village on the Stura, with hamlets on the slopes.
  • 588 residents in 2023, down 3.1% since 2011.
  • Climate zone F: long winters, so insulation and heating matter.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.080 g.

Overview

Pessinetto is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 588 residents, ranked 243 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pessinetto is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.080 g, a moderate 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 3.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pessinetto declared an average taxable income of 21,994 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pessinetto is in climate zone F, with 3,310 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 590 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pessinetto has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 6.6% of the land in Pessinetto, 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

Pessinetto 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Pessinetto. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pessinetto: 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 Pessinetto 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 17 inhabited census areas in Pessinetto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 55.9%
  • good 44.1%

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 001188. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.