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Pont 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 Roma 1, Pont Canavese.

Pont Canavese, where the Orco and the Soana meet

Pont Canavese stands where the Soana stream flows into the Orco, at the mouth of the valleys climbing towards the Gran Paradiso. It is the gateway to the Orco and Soana valleys, at around 450 metres, and it has long served the mountain villages behind it.

Today the market offers village houses, post-war blocks, detached houses on the outskirts and second homes for people who spend time in the valleys. Large properties needing updating are common, and the choice of area matters: near the two streams it is worth reading the flood maps the report checks for the address, and on the slopes the landslide maps. For work and larger services people look to Cuorgnè, Rivarolo and the Ivrea and Turin areas.

The population has fallen sharply: according to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 2,989 residents in 2023, down 18.7% since 2011. The average age is 49.9, above the metropolitan area's 47.4, with over-65s at 30.1%; foreign nationals make up 10.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.053 g. In stone houses and early twentieth-century buildings, the state of the roof and floors and damp matter most, and with climate zone E winters the heating should be assessed carefully before buying.

Key points

  • Where the Orco and Soana meet, gateway to the Gran Paradiso.
  • 2,989 residents, down 18.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.053 g.
  • Near the streams, check the flood maps.

Overview

Pont Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,989 residents, ranked 110 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pont 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 0.053 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 18.7%. 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 10.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pont Canavese declared an average taxable income of 23,684 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pont Canavese is in climate zone E, with 2,866 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 451 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pont Canavese has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets 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 6.7% of the land in Pont 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

Pont Canavese is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Pont Canavese. 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 Pont 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 Pont 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 94 inhabited census areas in Pont Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 14.4%
  • good 42.5%
  • very good 43.1%

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 001199. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.