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Ronco 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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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: Frazione Scandosio 1, Ronco Canavese.

Ronco Canavese, in the Soana valley within Gran Paradiso

Ronco Canavese is the main village of the Valle Soana, a side valley of the Canavese that climbs towards the Gran Paradiso massif and lies partly within the national park. The village centre is at around nine hundred and fifty metres, surrounded by scattered hamlets, meadows, woods and streams. For services and work people go down to Pont Canavese and on to Cuorgnè and Ivrea.

People mostly buy stone mountain houses here, many now second homes, plus a few flats in newer buildings. Climate zone F and long winters make insulation, windows and the heating system decisive. In the hamlets, check access, snow clearing and utility connections. The report checks the official landslide, avalanche and stream flood maps at the address.

The population has held steady, up 0.6% on 2011, with 315 residents in 2023, according to Istat, Italy's national statistics office. The estimated average age is high, 52.4 against 47.4 in the metropolitan city of Turin, and over-65s make up 37.8%. Foreign residents account for 19.7%. Declared incomes are well below the metropolitan average.

Ronco is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's national scale, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the metropolitan city, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.057 g, a low value. In a stone house in the valley, the thing to look at is the state of the roof and floors, often timber.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre covers Ronco Canavese too, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Soana valley, towards Gran Paradiso, above Pont Canavese.
  • 315 residents in 2023, up 0.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.057 g.
  • Climate zone F: insulation and heating are decisive.

Overview

Ronco Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 315 residents, among the smallest in the province (283 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ronco 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 0.057 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (47). 38% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 19.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ronco Canavese declared an average taxable income of 17,020 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ronco Canavese is in climate zone F, with 3,716 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 956 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ronco Canavese has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 0.4% of the land in Ronco 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

Ronco 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 Ronco Canavese.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ronco 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 Ronco 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 27 inhabited census areas in Ronco Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 42.3%
  • good 57.7%

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 001224. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.