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Prascorsano: 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 Comunie 1, Prascorsano.

Prascorsano, at the foot of the upper Canavese mountains

Prascorsano sits where the Canavese plain ends and the first mountains begin, at around 590 metres, with woods behind it and fields and meadows below. It is a quiet residential village in an area where work, secondary school and shopping mean driving to the larger towns of the Canavese and, for longer commutes, to Turin.

Houses are mostly detached, often with a garden or a piece of land, alongside some old rural buildings in need of renovation. At this altitude winters are cold and heating weighs on a household's budget, as does insulation. On the slope and along the streams that come down from the mountain, the report measures gradient and elevation and checks the official landslide and flood maps for the exact address.

In 2023 there were 696 residents, 85 fewer than the 781 of 2011, a fall of 10.9%. The average age is 49.6 against 47.4 in the metropolitan city of Turin, and over-65s make up 30.7%. The data show 2.87 school sites per 1,000 residents, against 0.77 in the metropolitan city. Average declared income is below the provincial level.

Seismic hazard is low: Prascorsano is in zone 3 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, like 270 other municipalities around Turin, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.053 g. For a house from the 1960s or 1970s, the energy rating, the heating and wiring and the roof matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps: the report traces the address to its land parcel and shows the plot boundaries, which helps when a house comes with land.

Key points

  • Upper Canavese village, where the plain meets the mountains.
  • 696 residents, down 10.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.053 g.
  • Average age 49.6, against 47.4 in the Turin area.

Overview

Prascorsano is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 696 residents, ranked 234 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Prascorsano 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 10.9%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Prascorsano declared an average taxable income of 24,430 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Prascorsano is in climate zone F, with 3,239 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 590 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Prascorsano has 2 schools.

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 7.4% of the land in Prascorsano, 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

Prascorsano 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 Prascorsano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Prascorsano: 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 Prascorsano 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 20 inhabited census areas in Prascorsano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • good 100.0%

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 001206. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.