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Valgioie: 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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For example: Borgata Bussone 1, Valgioie.

Valgioie, mountain hamlets in the Val Sangone

Above Giaveno, on the slopes of the Val Sangone, Valgioie is a mountain municipality made up of hamlets scattered among woods and meadows. The town hall is at around 870 metres: proper mountains, yet within a distance of Turin that many people drive, even daily, down through Giaveno and onto the plain.

The municipality is in climate zone F, and a buyer feels it straight away in the running costs. Heating, insulation and roof upkeep count for a lot, and the roads to the hamlets need to be judged with snow on them too. For a big food shop, doctors and schools beyond nursery level, people rely on the towns in the valley, above all Giaveno.

The population has held steady: 960 residents in 2023, up 1.3% on 2011. The average age is 47.5, much the same as the metropolitan area of Turin (47.4), and over-65s are 23.9%, fewer than the 26.4% across the province. Foreign residents account for 7.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For earthquakes Valgioie is in seismic zone 3 in the Civil Protection classification, like 270 other municipalities around Turin, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.120 g. In stone houses ask what work has been done on the walls and floors.

On land that slopes everywhere, the report measures the elevation and gradient at the house and checks the official landslide and stream flood maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published, and the street address leads to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Mountain hamlets in the Val Sangone, above Giaveno.
  • Population steady: up 1.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected ground acceleration 0.120 g.
  • Climate zone F: insulation, roof and snowy access.

Overview

Valgioie is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 960 residents, ranked 203 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valgioie is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3S. 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 0.120 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 1.3%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valgioie declared an average taxable income of 24,556 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valgioie is in climate zone F, with 3,659 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 870 metres above sea level.

Services

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

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 3.8% of the land in Valgioie, 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

Valgioie 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 Valgioie.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Valgioie: 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 Valgioie 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 10 inhabited census areas in Valgioie. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 3.3%
  • good 96.7%

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 001285. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.