San Benigno 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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San Benigno Canavese and the abbey of Fruttuaria
The abbey of Fruttuaria, founded in the early eleventh century by William of Volpiano, is the reason San Benigno Canavese exists: the town grew up around the monastery, of which the Romanesque bell tower and some medieval parts survive beside the large eighteenth-century church. It lies on the Canavese plain north of Turin, just beyond Volpiano, in farmland that has filled with new houses over recent decades.
The town draws families who work in the Turin area and want a house of their own at lower prices than in the first ring of suburbs. People mostly drive, towards Turin, Settimo and Chivasso, and Turin's Caselle airport is not far. The newer residential areas have villas, terraced houses and small blocks of flats; the old centre has courtyard houses and older buildings.
The growth shows in the figures: 6,089 residents in 2023, 474 more than in 2011, an increase of 8.4%. The average age of 44.8 is well below the metropolitan city of Turin (47.4), over-65s make up 23.2% and foreign residents 5.5%. Average incomes are close to the provincial level, slightly below.
Seismic hazard is low. San Benigno is in zone 3 along with 270 other municipalities in the Turin area (41 more are in zone 4), and the expected ground acceleration is low, about 0.046 g. For a house a few decades old, the useful checks are insulation, boiler and roof: the area is in climate zone E, with cold, foggy winters.
The plain is crossed by streams and irrigation channels, and close to watercourses flood hazard needs checking; the report reads it from the official maps for each address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from address to plot.
Key points
- Town that grew around Fruttuaria abbey, north of Turin.
- Population up 8.4% since 2011.
- Average age 44.8, below the metropolitan average.
- Seismic zone 3, low acceleration: about 0.046 g.
Overview
San Benigno Canavese is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 6,089 residents, ranked 53 of 312 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Benigno 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 0.046 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 8.4%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Benigno Canavese declared an average taxable income of 26,206 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
San Benigno Canavese is in climate zone E, with 2,673 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 213 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Benigno Canavese has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 4 sports facilities.
There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).
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 10.2% of the land in San Benigno Canavese, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.5 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
San Benigno 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in San Benigno Canavese. 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 San Benigno 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 San Benigno 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 93 inhabited census areas in San Benigno Canavese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 2.6%
- fair 66.4%
- good 31.0%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Piemonte, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Piemonte, Anagrafe regionale dei siti contaminati (ASCO). Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 9 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 001236. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.