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Piscina: 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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Piscina, the Pinerolo plain towards Turin

Piscina is a municipality on the Pinerolo plain, east of Pinerolo, on the road linking the town with the Turin commuter belt. The land is flat, with a compact village, a few hamlets and countryside of arable fields, meadows and farmsteads, while to the west you can see the mountains of the Chisone and Pellice valleys.

It is a place to live for people who work in Pinerolo, in the area's industrial zones or around Turin. Homes are mostly detached and semi-detached houses and village houses, with the odd farmstead to restore. About a sixth of the land is built up, an average figure for the plain around Turin. For daily commuters, roads and journey times matter, and are worth trying at rush hour.

There were 3,266 residents in 2023, down 5.3% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age of 47.0 is in line with the Metropolitan City of Turin (47.4), as is the share of over-65s, 26.3%. Foreign residents make up 4.6%. Declared incomes are below the metropolitan average.

In the Turin area, 271 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification and the other 41 in zone 4. In Piscina the expected acceleration is about 0.114 g: the Pinerolo area is one of the more seismically active parts of Piedmont, so in a masonry house it is worth checking floors and the ties between walls.

Streams coming down from the valleys cross the plain, and flood hazard depends on the exact position: the report checks it on the official maps from the address.

Key points

  • Plain east of Pinerolo, towards the Turin belt.
  • 3,266 residents, down 5.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.114 g.
  • Detached and village houses, a few farmsteads to restore.

Overview

Piscina is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,266 residents, ranked 94 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Piscina 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 0.114 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 5.3%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Piscina declared an average taxable income of 24,813 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Piscina is in climate zone E, with 2,682 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 288 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Piscina has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

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 15.2% of the land in Piscina, 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

Piscina 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 Piscina.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Piscina: 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 Piscina 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 38 inhabited census areas in Piscina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 22.6%
  • good 77.3%

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 001195. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.