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Torrile: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna. 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 Provinciale 9 di Golese 1, Torrile.

Torrile, low plain between Parma and Colorno

Torrile lies on the plain north of Parma, on the road to Colorno and the Po. The municipality has no single centre: it is made up of hamlets, including San Polo, on the provincial road to Colorno, as well as Torrile itself, Vicomero, Gainago and other settlements among the fields. It also contains a nature reserve run by LIPU, the Italian bird protection society, a protected wetland where many bird species stop over.

In recent decades Torrile has grown as a residential area for people working in Parma, which is close by car. There are terraced houses, low blocks of flats built in recent years and old farmhouses in the countryside, some in need of restoration. Average declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average. This is climate zone E: muggy summers, cold winters and fog, as everywhere on the low Po plain.

The population is much younger than the provincial average: 43.3 against 45.8, with over-65s at 17.9% against 23.4%. At the end of 2023 there were 7,743 residents, up 3.8% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office; foreign residents are 13.0% and households average 2.30 people.

Torrile is in zone 3 of the seismic scale kept by the Civil Protection Department (Protezione Civile), like 36 other municipalities in the province; the 7 in zone 2 lie towards the Apennines. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.104 g. The soft soils of the Po plain can amplify shaking, so for a restored farmhouse, ask how the walls and floors were strengthened.

Water is the main issue here. The land is low, crossed by drainage canals and by streams flowing towards the Po, just to the north. Flood hazard has to be read for the individual address, as the report does with the official maps, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available for the whole municipality.

Key points

  • Hamlets on the low plain between Parma and Colorno, with a LIPU reserve.
  • Average age 43.3, over-65s at 17.9%.
  • Residents up 3.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3; flood hazard to read address by address.

Overview

Torrile is a municipality in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 7,743 residents, ranked 14 of 44 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Torrile is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (37 of 44) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.104 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 grown by 3.8%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 13.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Torrile declared an average taxable income of 26,372 euros, below the provincial average (28,491 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Torrile is in climate zone E, with 2,469 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 31 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Torrile has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 healthcare facilities and 5 parks and green areas.

There are 0.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

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 14.6% of the land in Torrile, compared with 7.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 1.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Torrile is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Torrile. 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 Torrile: 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 Torrile 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 49 inhabited census areas in Torrile. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 74.2%
  • good 25.8%

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 034041. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.