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Romano Canavese: 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 Ponte Chiusella 1, Romano Canavese.

Romano Canavese, between the plain and the hills of Ivrea

Romano Canavese is a village in the Canavese area south of Ivrea, where the Turin plain starts to give way to the hills around the town. It is a residential and farming community, with its historic core gathered on a rise and newer areas spreading out towards the countryside.

For buyers the references are Ivrea, for work, schools and the hospital, and further away Turin and Chivasso. The market offers village houses, often old and in need of renovation, detached homes from recent decades and farmhouses with land. Declared incomes remain below the average of the Turin metropolitan area. The climate is that of the Piedmont foothills, zone E, with cold winters, so the energy rating and the heating system weigh on running costs.

The population is shrinking. Istat, Italy's statistics office, records 2,665 residents (2023), down 9.3% since 2011, with an average age of 47.7, similar to the 47.4 of the Turin metropolitan area. Over-65s make up 26.7% and foreign residents 5.9%.

Seismic risk is low. Romano is in seismic zone 3, like 270 other municipalities around Turin, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.043 g. For an old house, the state of the roof, walls and wiring and heating matters more.

Between the hill and the plain, with streams running across it, the report checks the official landslide and flood maps at the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and the report links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Canavese, south of Ivrea, between plain and hills
  • 2,665 residents, down 9.3% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.043 g
  • Village houses, detached homes and farmhouses

Overview

Romano Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,665 residents, ranked 116 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Romano Canavese 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 0.043 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 9.3%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Romano Canavese declared an average taxable income of 24,616 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Romano Canavese is in climate zone E, with 2,762 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 270 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Romano Canavese has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

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 10.8% of the land in Romano Canavese, 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

Romano Canavese 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 Romano Canavese.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Romano Canavese: 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 Romano Canavese 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 24 inhabited census areas in Romano Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.1%
  • fair 85.0%
  • good 13.8%

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 001223. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.