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Recetto: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Novara, 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 San Giuseppe 1, Recetto.

Recetto, rice fields and motorways on the Novara plain

Recetto is a small village on the Novara plain that has gained residents since 2011. It lies among the rice fields west of Novara, not far from the river Sesia, with its centre gathered around the church and farmhouses and newer homes built on the edges.

Location matters here: the motorways to Turin and Milan pass close by, and Novara, with its hospital, railway station, secondary schools and offices, is an easy drive. Buyers find detached and terraced houses and old farm courtyards to restore, often with a yard and outbuildings. The climate zone is E: cold winters, fog and humid summers, and in farmhouses heating large, high-ceilinged rooms adds to the bills.

In 2023 there were 998 residents, up 9.0% on the 916 of 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 44.9, below the provincial figure (46.7), and over-65s make up 23.8%. Foreign residents account for 23.8% and households have 2.19 members on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low: all 87 municipalities in the province of Novara are in seismic zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration in Recetto of 0.037 g. When buying, the energy rating, the state of the systems and damp in ground-floor walls matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, and the report goes from the address to the plot. With the Sesia nearby and a dense network of irrigation canals, the official flood maps should be checked at the exact spot of the house, not as a figure for the whole village.

Key points

  • Rice-growing village near the Sesia, growing since 2011.
  • 998 residents in 2023, foreign residents 23.8%.
  • All 87 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 4.
  • Flood risk to check house by house, near the river and canals.

Overview

Recetto is a municipality in the province of Novara, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 998 residents, ranked 66 of 87 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Recetto is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 87 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.037 g, a low 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 9.0%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 23.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Recetto declared an average taxable income of 24,220 euros, below the provincial average (26,949 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Recetto is in climate zone E, with 2,515 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 162 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Recetto has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 14.7% of the land in Recetto, compared with 11.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Recetto 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 Recetto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Recetto: 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 Recetto 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 8 inhabited census areas in Recetto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 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 003129. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.