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Pinasca: 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 Nazionale 1, Pinasca.

Pinasca, the Val Chisone above Pinerolo

Pinasca stretches along the lower Val Chisone, the valley that climbs from Pinerolo towards Sestriere. The main village sits on the valley floor, along the road and the river, while hamlets and scattered houses climb both slopes among chestnut woods and meadows. Pinerolo is about twenty minutes by car, Turin about an hour.

For a buyer, altitude is what makes the difference. Down below are the village houses, small blocks of flats and detached homes with services close at hand. Higher up, the hamlets offer stone houses with slab roofs, wide views and low prices, but also narrow roads, long winters and serious heating bills. On the slopes and near the Chisone, the report checks gradient and the official landslide and flood maps for the individual address.

There are 2,785 residents (2023), down 8.7% since 2011. The average age is 50.4, above the figure for the metropolitan area of Turin (47.4), and people over 65 make up 29.9%. Households have 2.03 members on average and foreign residents account for 3.8%.

Pinasca is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.134 g, higher than in most of Piedmont, as in other valleys around Pinerolo. For a stone house in one of the hamlets, ask whether the roof and floors have been redone and under which permits.

The climate is zone F in the Italian classification, the coldest. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the parcel.

Key points

  • Lower Val Chisone, about twenty minutes from Pinerolo
  • Mountain hamlets with stone houses, long winters
  • 2,785 residents, down 8.7% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 3, acceleration 0.134 g

Overview

Pinasca is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,785 residents, ranked 115 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pinasca 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 0.134 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 8.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pinasca declared an average taxable income of 23,814 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pinasca is in climate zone F, with 3,194 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 560 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 3.7% of the land in Pinasca, 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

Pinasca 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 Pinasca.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pinasca: 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 Pinasca 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 40 inhabited census areas in Pinasca. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 15.2%
  • good 84.8%

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

ISTAT code 001190. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.