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Rivoli: 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: Corso Francia 1, Rivoli.

Rivoli, a hilltop castle at the mouth of the Susa Valley

Leaving Turin westwards along Corso Francia, Rivoli is the first town you reach, at the mouth of the Susa Valley. Its old centre climbs a glacial moraine hill up to the Castle, home to the Museum of Contemporary Art; from up there the view stretches all the way to Turin.

The town has two faces. Higher up, in the historic centre, there are old houses, steep streets and little parking; lower down, towards Turin and Collegno, residential districts of blocks and small houses, and Cascine Vica, which grew along Corso Francia. Rivoli has no railway station: people reach Turin by bus or car, with the ring road close by and the motorway to the Susa Valley and the Fréjus tunnel starting nearby.

It is one of the oldest towns in Turin's commuter belt. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 46,799 residents in 2023, down 3.8% since 2011; the average age is 49.1 against 47.4 in the province, and over-65s make up 30.1%. Households are small, 2.11 people on average. Declared incomes are above the provincial average, and healthcare provision per head beats the province: 0.88 facilities per 1,000 residents against 0.71.

Seismic hazard is low: Rivoli is in zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 270 other municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.073 g. With cold winters (climate zone E), insulation, windows and heating matter more. In houses built against the hillside, check for damp walls and drainage as well.

On the hill and its slopes the report reads the landslide maps for each address, and on the lower ground the flood maps. The Revenue Agency publishes the land registry maps.

Key points

  • Castle with a contemporary art museum, at the mouth of the Susa Valley.
  • Over-65s at 30.1%; average age 49.1.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.073 g.
  • No railway station: buses, the ring road and the Fréjus motorway.

Overview

Rivoli is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 46,799 residents, among the most populous in the province (4 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rivoli 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 0.073 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 3.8%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rivoli declared an average taxable income of 28,600 euros, above the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rivoli is in climate zone E, with 2,939 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 390 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rivoli has 43 schools and 17 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 27 grocery shops and supermarkets, 41 healthcare facilities, 50 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

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 31.7% of the land in Rivoli, 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

Rivoli 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 4 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Rivoli, and 6 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rivoli: 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 Rivoli 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 335 inhabited census areas in Rivoli. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 79 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 3.9%
  • good 53.4%
  • very good 42.7%

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 001219. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.