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San Sebastiano da Po: 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 Chivasso 1, San Sebastiano da Po.

San Sebastiano da Po, between the river Po and the Turin hills

On the road from Chivasso towards Monferrato, San Sebastiano da Po covers the strip between the Po plain and the first hills east of Turin. The village has a lower, flatter part close to the main roads and a part that climbs the slopes, with farmsteads, hamlets and villas scattered through the green.

For people working in Turin or Chivasso this is commuter country: you live on the hill and drive down to the plain for work and larger services. A car is essential. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Turin, although that average is pushed up by the city itself.

There are 1,881 residents (2023), down 1.5% since 2011, so the population is close to stable. The average age of 47.2 is in line with 47.4 in the province, over-65s are 25.3% and foreign residents 6.8%.

Earthquake risk is low: San Sebastiano is in seismic zone 4, the lowest class set by the Civil Protection department, with an expected acceleration of 0.041 g. In hillside houses, damp, drainage around the building and the state of the roof matter more.

If you are looking at a house near the river or the streams running down from the hills, read the official flood maps for that address, and on steeper slopes the landslide maps too. The report checks them at the exact spot, starting from the cadastral maps published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).

Key points

  • Between the Po plain and the first hills east of Turin.
  • 1,881 residents, population nearly stable since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest, acceleration 0.041 g.
  • Near the river and on slopes, check the maps for the single address.

Overview

San Sebastiano da Po is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,881 residents, ranked 138 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Sebastiano da Po is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 41 of 312 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.041 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 1.5%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Sebastiano da Po declared an average taxable income of 24,375 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

San Sebastiano da Po is in climate zone E, with 2,823 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 313 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Sebastiano da Po has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 0.5 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

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 7.5% of the land in San Sebastiano da Po, 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 Sebastiano da Po 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 Sebastiano da Po.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Sebastiano da Po: 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 Sebastiano da Po 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 39 inhabited census areas in San Sebastiano da Po. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.8%
  • fair 98.2%

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 001253. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.