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Val di Chy: 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 Umberto Primo 1, Val di Chy.

Val di Chy, three Valchiusella villages that became one municipality

Val di Chy has existed as a municipality since 2019, when Alice Superiore, Lugnacco and Pecco merged into a single authority. This is the Valchiusella, the valley climbing from Ivrea towards the mountains of the Canavese, and the territory runs from the first hills up to wooded slopes, with scattered hamlets and roads climbing through meadows and chestnut woods.

For anyone working in Ivrea or on the Canavese plain, it is a quiet alternative, provided you have a car. Homes are largely stone and masonry houses, often with a vegetable plot or land, plus more recent detached houses. In the higher hamlets, orientation, winter roads and the state of the roofs matter.

In 2023 there were 1,229 residents, 4.7% fewer than lived in the three municipalities in 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 50.5, against 47.4 in the Turin metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 29.9%. Foreign nationals account for 6.3%. The average declared income is below the provincial level.

Seismic hazard is low. Val di Chy is in zone 3, as are 271 of the 312 municipalities in the metropolitan area, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.045 g. For an old mountain house, insulation, damp and services matter more.

A practical point: since the merger, deeds and land registry extracts may still show the names of the former municipalities. The report uses the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps to find the land parcel from the address, then checks the official maps for landslides and flooding along streams and on slopes.

Key points

  • Municipality created in 2019 from Alice Superiore, Lugnacco and Pecco.
  • Valchiusella, above Ivrea, between hills and wooded slopes.
  • Population down 4.7% since 2011, over-65s at 29.9%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.045 g.

Overview

Val di Chy is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,229 residents, ranked 176 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Val di Chy 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 0.045 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 4.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Val di Chy declared an average taxable income of 24,081 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Val di Chy is in climate zone F, with 3,209 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 650 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Val di Chy has 1 school. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 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 4.9% of the land in Val di Chy, 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

Val di Chy 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Val di Chy. 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 Val di Chy: 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 Val di Chy 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 27 inhabited census areas in Val di Chy. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 9.0%
  • good 91.0%

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 001317. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.