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Sciolze: 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: Regione Tetti Alassio 2, Sciolze.

Sciolze, the Turin hills on the way to Monferrato

Sciolze sits in the Turin hills, east of the city, in the stretch where the hills start to merge into the Monferrato. The village is small and spread out, with a centre up high, hamlets along the ridges and isolated houses among woods, meadows and the odd vineyard. Chieri and Turin are the references for work, schools and the hospital, reached by car along hill roads.

People who move here usually want space and quiet within reasonable reach of the city. In return, a car is needed for almost every journey, and winter calls for some patience when the hill roads are slower. The report measures the distance from the exact location of the house to the school, pharmacy and shops, which helps you see how much driving you will do each day.

There were 1,418 residents in 2023, 6.3% fewer than the 1,513 of 2011. The average age is 49.3, against 47.4 in the metropolitan city of Turin, and over-65s make up 29.1%. Foreign residents account for 6.5%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Seismic hazard is at the lowest level of the scale. Sciolze is in zone 4 on the Civil Protection scale, like 41 municipalities around Turin, while the other 271 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration is 0.044 g. In the hills, slope stability and rainwater drainage around the house matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, and the report finds the land parcel from the address, checking the official landslide maps for the individual house.

Key points

  • Turin hills east of the city, towards Monferrato.
  • Scattered hamlets: a car is needed for almost everything.
  • Seismic zone 4, like 41 municipalities around Turin.
  • Residents down 6.3% since 2011.

Overview

Sciolze is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,418 residents, ranked 163 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sciolze 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 0.044 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 6.3%. 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 6.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sciolze declared an average taxable income of 25,562 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sciolze is in climate zone F, with 3,008 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 436 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sciolze has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.7 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 8.9% of the land in Sciolze, 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

Sciolze is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Sciolze.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sciolze: 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 Sciolze 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 25 inhabited census areas in Sciolze. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 72.2%
  • good 27.8%

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 001262. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.