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Rivarossa: 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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For example: Via Michele Lessona 1, Rivarossa.

Rivarossa, lower Canavese plain north of Turin

Rivarossa is a small municipality on the plain in the lower Canavese, north of Turin, in an area of fields, copses and villages close to one another. For many residents the day is split between home and work in the Turin area or the industrial towns of the Canavese, with the car as the main way to get about. The town hall sits at about two hundred and ninety metres.

The village has grown around its old core with detached and terraced houses, while farmhouses and courtyard homes remain alongside. If you buy a newer house, ask for the energy rating and the certificate of habitability; with a courtyard house, clarify rights of way and shared parts with the neighbours. In areas close to canals and streams the report checks the official flood maps for the address.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,547 residents in 2023, down 4.9% since 2011. The average age of 47.0 is below the 47.4 of the province of Turin, and over-65s are 23.7%. Foreign residents make up 7.1% and households average 2.29 people. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average, slightly below.

The province of Turin has 271 municipalities in seismic zone 3 and 41 in zone 4. Rivarossa is in zone 3, but the expected ground acceleration is low, 0.049 g. For a purchase, insulation, the heating and electrics and the legality of past building work matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report uses them to go from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Lower Canavese plain, north of Turin.
  • Average age 47.0, below the provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration (0.049 g).
  • Newer homes and courtyard houses: documents to request.

Overview

Rivarossa is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,547 residents, ranked 152 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rivarossa 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 0.049 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 4.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rivarossa declared an average taxable income of 26,795 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rivarossa is in climate zone E, with 2,783 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 286 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rivarossa has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

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 6.1% of the land in Rivarossa, 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

Rivarossa 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 Rivarossa.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rivarossa: 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 Rivarossa 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 17 inhabited census areas in Rivarossa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 67.8%
  • good 32.2%

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 001218. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.