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Pinerolo: 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: Corso Torino 2, Pinerolo.

Pinerolo, gateway to the Chisone and Pellice valleys

Pinerolo is where the Turin plain meets the Alps, at the mouth of the Chisone and Pellice valleys. Its old centre climbs towards the church of San Maurizio, it has a long military tradition tied to the cavalry school, remembered by the cavalry museum, and it acts as the main town for the whole Pinerolese area, with a hospital, secondary schools, offices and a market that draws people down from the valleys.

You reach Turin by metropolitan rail service or by motorway. House hunters will find flats in town, villas on the hillside and houses on the plain around it; further up the valleys the market turns to mountain chalets and holiday homes.

The population is holding up: 35,431 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 1.7% since 2011. Households are small, 1.97 people on average, and the mean age (47.7) is close to the provincial one. Services are above average for a town this size: 57 healthcare sites, 1.61 per thousand residents against 0.71 across the province, plus plenty of shops, cafés and sports facilities.

Earthquakes matter more here than elsewhere around Turin. The Civil Protection Department places Pinerolo in zone 3, like most of the province, but the expected ground acceleration of about 0.130 g is high for that class: the Pinerolese is one of the parts of Piedmont where tremors are most frequent. For an old house in the centre or on the hillside, ask what work has been done on walls and roof.

The Chisone river runs close to town and the streams coming down from the hills can swell in storms. The report checks flood and landslide hazard at the address, starting from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Main town of the Pinerolese, at the mouth of two Alpine valleys.
  • 35,431 residents, up 1.7% since 2011.
  • Healthcare: 1.61 per thousand, province 0.71.
  • Zone 3, but acceleration is high for the class: about 0.130 g.

Overview

Pinerolo is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 35,431 residents, among the most populous in the province (9 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pinerolo 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 0.130 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 grown by 1.7%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pinerolo declared an average taxable income of 26,519 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pinerolo is in climate zone E, with 2,815 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 376 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pinerolo has 33 schools and 11 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 27 grocery shops and supermarkets, 57 healthcare facilities, 47 sports facilities and 8 parks and green areas.

There are 1.6 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more 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 17.1% of the land in Pinerolo, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pinerolo 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 6 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Pinerolo, and 4 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Pinerolo: 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 Pinerolo 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 432 inhabited census areas in Pinerolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 81 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 5.7%
  • good 36.5%
  • very good 44.6%
  • excellent 13.2%

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 001191. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.