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Salerano 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: Via Sottomondone 1, Salerano Canavese.

Salerano Canavese, a small municipality next to Ivrea

Ivrea is just down the road, and for Salerano Canavese it is the everyday reference point: work, secondary schools, the hospital, the railway station. The village stands at around 250 metres, in the belt of hills and plain around the Dora Baltea river, with a compact centre and newer houses on the edges, where building has spread in recent decades.

For a buyer, being close to the town is the main advantage: you live in a quiet village while staying a short distance from services and transport. The housing includes village houses, detached homes and small blocks of flats. For those built between the 1960s and the 1980s, look at the energy rating and the condition of the systems, because in climate zone E winter is expensive.

In 2023 there were 455 residents, 12.8% fewer than in 2011. The average age of 49.0 is slightly above the 47.4 of the Turin metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 29.2%. Foreign residents account for 4.6% and households have 2.12 members on average. Declared incomes are in line with the metropolitan area average.

For earthquakes, Salerano is in zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's national scale, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the metropolitan area, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.044 g, a low value. In a block of flats, the shared costs, approved works and roof maintenance matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report works back from the address to the land parcel. Near the Dora and the smaller watercourses, flood hazard changes from one street to the next, and the report checks it for the exact address.

Key points

  • Next to Ivrea, for work, schools and the railway.
  • 455 residents, down 12.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration of about 0.044 g.
  • Houses from the 1960s to 1980s: energy rating and systems.

Overview

Salerano Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 455 residents, ranked 265 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Salerano 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 0.044 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 12.8%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% 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 Salerano Canavese declared an average taxable income of 27,018 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Salerano Canavese is in climate zone E, with 2,728 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 247 metres above sea level.

Services

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 9.7% of the land in Salerano 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

Salerano 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 Salerano Canavese.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Salerano 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 Salerano 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 7 inhabited census areas in Salerano Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 001233. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.