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Scarmagno: 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: Strada Romano-Montalenghe 1, Scarmagno.

Scarmagno, Canavese moraine hills and an industrial area

To anyone who knows the Canavese, the area north of Turin, the name Scarmagno brings to mind the factory built by Olivetti, around which a large industrial area has grown. The village itself is smaller and quiet: it lies not far from Ivrea, where the plain meets the hills of the glacial moraine amphitheatre, among fields, meadows and patches of woodland.

The location is convenient for buyers. The Turin to Aosta motorway passes close to the village, Ivrea is a short distance away and Turin can be reached by car without driving through other towns. The area is not uniform, though: between the old centre, the streets of detached houses and the land taken up by warehouses and factories, the setting changes, so it is worth seeing from the address what is around you, starting with traffic and noise. This is climate zone E.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 791 residents at the end of 2023, down 2.6% on 2011. The average age is 48.9, against 47.4 in the province of Turin, and over-65s are 29.5%, against 26.4%. Foreign residents make up 6.1%. Average declared income is in line with the provincial figure.

Earthquake hazard is modest: Scarmagno is in seismic zone 3, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.043 g, a low value. For a house from the 1960s or 1970s, insulation, boiler and windows matter more, since they set the energy rating and the bills.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report traces the street address to its land parcel. Flood and landslide hazard, where relevant, are checked on the official maps for the address.

Key points

  • Canavese village near Ivrea, at the foot of the moraine hills.
  • Industrial area that grew up around the Olivetti factory.
  • 791 residents in 2023, down 2.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration (0.043 g).

Overview

Scarmagno is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 791 residents, ranked 220 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Scarmagno 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 0.043 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 fallen by 2.6%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Scarmagno declared an average taxable income of 27,649 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Scarmagno is in climate zone E, with 2,774 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 278 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Scarmagno has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 16.2% of the land in Scarmagno, 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

Scarmagno 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 4 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Scarmagno. 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 Scarmagno: 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 Scarmagno 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 13 inhabited census areas in Scarmagno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.9%
  • fair 99.1%

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 001261. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.