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Soriso: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Novara, 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 Xx Settembre 1, Soriso.

Soriso, Novara hill country just south of Lake Orta

Soriso is a hill village in the upper part of the province of Novara, just south of Lake Orta. The town hall stands at about 450 metres, among woods, meadows and small clusters of houses. It is not a service centre: for big shopping trips, secondary schools and work, people head down to the lakeside towns or to Borgomanero, and the Cusio area around the lake has a long industrial tradition in taps and valves.

Buyers mostly find detached houses with gardens, village houses in the old core and a few villas built in recent decades. Winters are climate zone E, so insulation, windows and the boiler weigh on running costs as much as the purchase price does. On sloping plots the report checks elevation, slope and the official landslide maps for the exact address, along with the flood maps along the streams.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 719 residents at the end of 2023, down 7.9% on the 781 of 2011. The average age is 47.5, close to the provincial 46.7; over-65s make up 26.3% and foreign residents 5.4%. Average declared income is slightly above the provincial level.

Seismic hazard is low. All 87 municipalities in the province of Novara are in zone 4, the lowest in the national classification, and in Soriso the expected ground acceleration is about 0.040 g. In older houses, the roof, damp in walls set against the slope and the state of the wiring and plumbing matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Soriso too: from the street number the report reaches the land parcel and the building.

Key points

  • Hill village at about 450 metres, just south of Lake Orta.
  • 719 residents, down 7.9% since 2011.
  • All 87 municipalities around Novara in seismic zone 4.
  • Average income slightly above the provincial level.

Overview

Soriso is a municipality in the province of Novara, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 719 residents, ranked 77 of 87 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Soriso is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 87 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.040 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 7.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Soriso declared an average taxable income of 27,724 euros, in line with the province (26,949 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Soriso is in climate zone E, with 2,892 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 452 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Soriso has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.

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 4.3% of the land in Soriso, compared with 11.2% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Soriso 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 Soriso.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Soriso: 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 Soriso 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 6 inhabited census areas in Soriso. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 92.5%
  • good 7.5%

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 003140. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.