San Maurizio d'Opaglio: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Novara, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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San Maurizio d'Opaglio, taps and hills by Lake Orta
In the hills at the southern end of Lake Orta, San Maurizio d'Opaglio is one of the centres of the taps and valves manufacturing district, which employs many people between the lake and the Valsesia. The town sits at around 370 metres, with hamlets scattered among woods and slopes running down to the water.
Buyers here find family houses, detached homes with gardens and some properties with lake views, alongside the workshops and factory buildings that are part of the landscape. Being close to work is an advantage for people employed in the district; if you are coming from elsewhere, look at where the house stands in relation to industrial areas and lorry routes. Novara is the provincial capital for larger services. The report measures elevation and slope at the address and checks the official landslide and flood maps.
According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 2,992 residents in 2023, down 3.6% since 2011. The average age of 46.9 is in line with the province (46.7); over-65s are 24.0% and foreign nationals 8.3%. Declared incomes are a little above the provincial average.
Earthquake risk is the lowest, zone 4 in the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.042 g. The checks that matter are different: the roof, insulation and boiler in climate zone E winters and, for houses on slopes, retaining walls and ground drainage.
Key points
- Hills at the southern end of Lake Orta.
- Taps and valves district: jobs nearby, workshops in town.
- 2,992 residents, down 3.6% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 4, the lowest.
Overview
San Maurizio d'Opaglio is a municipality in the province of Novara, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,992 residents, ranked 20 of 87 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Maurizio d'Opaglio is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 87 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.042 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 3.6%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Maurizio d'Opaglio declared an average taxable income of 27,354 euros, in line with the province (26,949 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
San Maurizio d'Opaglio is in climate zone E, with 2,789 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 373 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Maurizio d'Opaglio has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 2 sports facilities.
There are 0.7 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).
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 16.5% of the land in San Maurizio d'Opaglio, compared with 11.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
San Maurizio d'Opaglio 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 5 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in San Maurizio d'Opaglio, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Maurizio d'Opaglio: 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 Maurizio d'Opaglio 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 18 inhabited census areas in San Maurizio d'Opaglio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 58.1%
- good 41.9%
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
- 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 003133. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.