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Rassa: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Vercelli, 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 Guglielmo Marconi 1, Rassa.

Rassa, where two streams meet in the Valsesia

Two mountain streams meet at Rassa, in a side valley of the Valsesia: the village grew up exactly where the Sorba is joined by the Gronda, its stone houses packed around the church and the bridges. The town hall stands above nine hundred metres, and the road up from the main valley is the only way in by car.

The village comes to life in summer, with walkers and families returning to their holiday homes, and is very quiet in winter. Buyers find stone houses with slab roofs, often in need of work. Find out the municipality's rules on restoring façades and roofs, and allow for heating costs in climate zone F, the coldest band in Italy's heating classification.

Unlike many mountain villages, Rassa has not lost residents. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 68 in 2023, up 3.0% on 2011, though with numbers this small a few new arrivals are enough to move the percentage. The estimated average age is 53.0, against 48.4 in the province of Vercelli, and over-65s make up 36.8%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low: seismic zone 4, shared with 80 other municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration of about 0.055 g. In a village built where two streams meet, the more real hazards are floods and landslides on the slopes, which the report checks on the official maps at the address.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps covering Rassa, and the report links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Stone village where two streams meet, in the Valsesia.
  • 68 residents in 2023, up 3.0% since 2011.
  • Average age 53.0, over-65s at 36.8%.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.055 g.

Overview

Rassa is a municipality in the province of Vercelli, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 68 residents, among the smallest in the province (81 of 82).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rassa is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.055 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 3.0%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (48). 37% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rassa declared an average taxable income of 24,920 euros, in line with the province (24,991 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rassa is in climate zone F, with 3,497 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 917 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 0.3% of the land in Rassa, compared with 5.0% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Rassa 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 very high. 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 Rassa.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rassa: 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 Rassa 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 6 inhabited census areas in Rassa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 72.6%
  • good 27.4%

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 002110. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.