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Salassa: 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: Via alla Stazione 1, Salassa.

Salassa, Canavese plain between Rivarolo and Cuorgnè

Salassa takes its name from the Salassi, the people who lived in the Canavese and the Aosta Valley before the Romans. Today it is a village on the Canavese plain, at about 350 metres, a few kilometres from Rivarolo Canavese and Cuorgnè, with the first mountains of the valleys leading to Gran Paradiso clearly visible to the north. Turin is about three quarters of an hour away by car.

The population has grown in recent years: there were 1,835 residents in 2023, up 2.2% on 2011. It is also slightly younger than average: the mean age is 46.5, against 47.4 in the Metropolitan City of Turin, and over-65s make up 23.1%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

Buyers here mostly look for detached houses with gardens, built in recent decades around the old core, or village houses with a courtyard to renovate. With the latter, look at the heating and insulation: the climate zone is E, with cold, foggy winters.

Salassa is in seismic zone 3, like 270 other municipalities in the Metropolitan City, with a low expected ground acceleration of 0.049 g.

On the plain, water is the thing to check: irrigation channels, canals and streams coming down from the valleys. The report starts from the address, uses the Revenue Agency cadastral maps to reach the land parcel and shows the official flood maps for that spot, along with the distance to services.

Key points

  • Canavese plain, near Rivarolo and Cuorgnè.
  • Population up 2.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.049 g.
  • Detached and courtyard houses; check canals and streams.

Overview

Salassa is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,835 residents, ranked 139 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Salassa 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 grown by 2.2%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Salassa declared an average taxable income of 27,395 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Salassa is in climate zone E, with 2,668 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 349 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Salassa has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities.

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 16.3% of the land in Salassa, 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

Salassa 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Salassa. 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 Salassa: 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 Salassa 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 15 inhabited census areas in Salassa. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 11.0%
  • good 88.9%

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 001231. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.