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Rorà: 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 Pian Pra' 1, Rorà.

Rorà, hamlets and stone quarries above the Pellice valley

Rorà lies in a side valley off the Val Pellice, one of the Waldensian valleys west of Turin, at nearly a thousand metres, and it is one of the places where Luserna stone is quarried: the grey slab used for centuries for roofs, floors and pavements. The village is a set of hamlets scattered among woods, meadows and quarries, linked to the valley floor by mountain roads.

Buyers here need to factor in the altitude: climate zone F, long winters, snow, and slower winter journeys down to the Val Pellice and Pinerolo, where the secondary schools, hospital and most services are. In the hamlets, houses are often stone with stone-slab roofs, handsome but heavy, so understand the state of the roof structure and the upkeep costs before making an offer. For houses near the quarry areas, ask the town hall about current activity and permits.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 217 residents in 2023, against 255 in 2011: 38 fewer, a drop of 14.9%. The estimated average age is 49.5, against 47.4 in the province of Turin, and over-65s make up 28.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Rorà is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.135 g in the built-up area. A stone-slab roof puts a lot of weight on the structure, and that is exactly where to look with earthquakes in mind. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its land parcel and checks the official landslide hazard maps.

Key points

  • Municipality of hamlets above the Val Pellice, at nearly a thousand metres.
  • Luserna stone quarry area: ask about current activity.
  • 217 residents in 2023, down 14.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.135 g.

Overview

Rorà is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 217 residents, among the smallest in the province (298 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rorà is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.135 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 14.9%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rorà declared an average taxable income of 18,074 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rorà is in climate zone F, with 3,804 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 967 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Rorà has 1 green area.

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 4.4% of the land in Rorà, 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

Rorà 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 Rorà.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rorà: 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 Rorà 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 7 inhabited census areas in Rorà. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.9%
  • good 99.1%

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 001226. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.