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San Ponso: 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 Ponso, a Romanesque baptistery at the foot of the Canavese hills

Next to San Ponso's parish church stands a Romanesque baptistery, a small stone building that is the oldest monument in the village. San Ponso is a Canavese municipality between the plain and the first hills, at about three hundred and fifty metres, with a compact centre and fields and meadows all around. It is an area of villages close to one another, where people go to the larger Canavese towns or towards Turin for work, secondary schools and services.

Buyers will find village houses, farmsteads and detached homes with gardens; the market is small. On almost flat ground, slopes matter less and the distance from watercourses matters more, something the report checks for the address. In climate zone E, insulation and the boiler weigh on household bills. Average declared incomes are a little below the metropolitan average.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's statistics office, counted 236 residents, 43 fewer than the 279 of 2011, a fall of 15.4%. The estimated average age is 48.8, against 47.4 in the Turin metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 28.0%. Foreign residents account for 2.1%.

San Ponso is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the village is low, about 0.050 g. With an older house, look at the roof, damp in the walls and the systems. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report goes from the street address to the building's land parcel.

Key points

  • Canavese village between plain and hills, with a Romanesque baptistery.
  • 236 residents in 2023, down 15.4%.
  • Average age 48.8; over-65s at 28.0%.
  • Seismic zone 3, low acceleration of about 0.050 g.

Overview

San Ponso is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 236 residents, among the smallest in the province (294 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Ponso 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 0.050 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 15.4%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Ponso declared an average taxable income of 24,165 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

San Ponso is in climate zone E, with 2,665 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 347 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 8.2% of the land in San Ponso, 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

San Ponso 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 San Ponso.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Ponso: 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 Ponso 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 5 inhabited census areas in San Ponso. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 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 001251. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.