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Quassolo: 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 Giuseppe Garibaldi 1, Quassolo.

Quassolo, in the Dora valley between Ivrea and the Aosta Valley

Going up the Dora Baltea river from Ivrea towards the Aosta Valley, the plain narrows and the valley becomes a corridor between mountains covered in woods and terraced vineyards. Quassolo lies on this stretch, at around two hundred and seventy metres, with the village between the valley floor and the lower slopes. The main road, the motorway and the railway to Aosta all run through the valley, and Ivrea is a short drive away.

Location is the main advantage: you live in a small village that is close to Ivrea and connected towards Turin and Aosta. The valley floor is where houses, roads and businesses are concentrated. The market includes stone village houses, detached homes and some houses from recent decades. Buyers should find out how far the house is from the Dora and its side streams, and how much traffic noise reaches the homes nearest the main routes.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 330 residents in 2023, against 359 in 2011, down 8.1%. The estimated average age is 49.2, against 47.4 in the province of Turin, and 31.5% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 8.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Quassolo is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province, with a low expected acceleration of about 0.046 g. In older houses the roof, damp and services matter more.

On the floor of an Alpine river valley like the Dora, the official flood maps are always worth checking. The report looks them up for the address, together with landslide maps for the slopes, starting from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Dora Baltea valley, between Ivrea and the Aosta Valley.
  • Valley floor: check distance from the Dora and noise.
  • 330 residents in 2023, down 8.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration, about 0.046 g.

Overview

Quassolo is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 330 residents, among the smallest in the province (281 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Quassolo 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 0.046 g, a low 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 8.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Quassolo declared an average taxable income of 21,596 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Quassolo is in climate zone E, with 2,770 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 275 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 8.5% of the land in Quassolo, 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

Quassolo 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 Quassolo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Quassolo: 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 Quassolo 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 10 inhabited census areas in Quassolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.3%
  • fair 98.2%
  • good 1.5%

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 001209. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.