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Prarostino: 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 Rocco 2, Prarostino.

Prarostino, hills and woods above Pinerolo

Prarostino lies in the hills just west of Pinerolo, where the valleys climbing towards the Alps begin. The municipality has no real compact centre: houses and hamlets are scattered over the hillside among vines, meadows and chestnut woods, with narrow roads climbing up. Pinerolo, with its station, hospital and secondary schools, is a few kilometres away; Turin is under an hour.

The typical purchase is a detached house with land, often an old rural building that has been done up. The hillside position brings views and sun, but also cold winters (climate zone F) and roads to drive in the snow, so ask about winter access and how much it costs to heat the house.

The population is stable. In 2023 there were 1,259 residents, down 2.3% on the 1,289 of 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 48.2, a little above the 47.4 of the province of Turin, and over-65s are 26.8%. Foreign residents are few, 1.6%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.

The Pinerolo area does feel earthquakes, though it remains in zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification: Prarostino shares it with 270 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.134 g. For a stone house, a check of the walls and roof is worthwhile.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. The report finds the plot from the address, measures the slope and checks the official landslide maps, along with distances to services, which here are mostly down in the valley.

Key points

  • Hills of the Pinerolo area, just west of the town.
  • 1,259 residents, average age 48.2.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.134 g.
  • Cold winters, climate zone F: winter access matters.

Overview

Prarostino is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,259 residents, ranked 174 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Prarostino 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 2.3%. 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 1.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Prarostino declared an average taxable income of 26,524 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Prarostino is in climate zone F, with 3,352 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 732 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Prarostino has 2 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 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 6.1% of the land in Prarostino, 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

Prarostino 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 Prarostino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Prarostino: 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 Prarostino 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 34 inhabited census areas in Prarostino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 14.9%
  • good 85.1%

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 001205. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.