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Santena: 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 Cavour 1, Santena.

Santena, Cavour and asparagus south-east of Turin

Camillo Benso di Cavour, the statesman behind Italian unification, is buried in Santena, in the family tomb beside the Benso castle and its park. The municipality lies on the plain south-east of Turin, in the area between Trofarello, Chieri and Poirino, and is also known for the asparagus grown in the surrounding fields.

Turin is close, and many residents work in the city or in the southern suburbs towards Moncalieri and Trofarello, where there is a busy railway station. Santena has a compact centre and residential areas that grew with detached houses and small blocks of flats, then farmland towards Poirino and Villastellone. For someone moving out of Turin, the trade-off is the usual one for the outer ring: more space and a garden, with most journeys by car.

The Banna, a lowland stream, runs through the area and needs watching after heavy rain, as do the ditches and irrigation channels. For houses near water, the report checks the official flood hazard maps for the address.

At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,478 residents, down 2.4% on 2011. The average age (46.2) is slightly lower than across the metropolitan area (47.4), 25.0% are over 65 and 7.7% are foreign nationals. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The seismic hazard is low. Santena is in seismic zone 3, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the metropolitan city of Turin, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.052 g. In a 1970s house, insulation, heating, the roof and energy bills matter more, in climate zone E with cold, foggy winters. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces the address to its parcel.

Key points

  • Cavour's tomb and the Benso castle, on the Turin plain.
  • 10,478 residents, down 2.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.052 g.
  • The Banna stream and ditches: check flooding by address.

Overview

Santena is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 10,478 residents, among the most populous in the province (31 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Santena 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 0.052 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 2.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Santena declared an average taxable income of 24,762 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Santena is in climate zone E, with 2,580 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 237 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Santena has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 1 green area.

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 21.0% of the land in Santena, 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

Santena 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Santena, 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 Santena: 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 Santena 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 63 inhabited census areas in Santena. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.5%
  • fair 56.5%
  • good 42.9%

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

ISTAT code 001257. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.