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Valperga: 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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Valperga, the Canavese below the Sacro Monte di Belmonte

In the upper Canavese, where the Turin plain meets the first mountains, Valperga fills a hollow among wooded hills, close to Cuorgnè and the entrance to the Orco valleys. The town is at around 390 metres, with its castle and old centre on the higher ground and newer housing spread towards the plain. Above it stands the Sacro Monte di Belmonte, a sanctuary with chapels on the hill, one of the Sacred Mountains of Piedmont and Lombardy listed by UNESCO.

It is a place to live for people working in Canavese firms, in Cuorgnè, Rivarolo or Ivrea, and also in Turin, which is within commuting distance by car. Homes are largely detached houses with gardens and low blocks of flats; the centre has older buildings, often arranged around courtyards, with stone and brick walls.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,953 residents in 2023, down 6.6% since 2011. The average age of 47.2 is in line with the provincial 47.4; over-65s make up 27.5% and foreign nationals 7.2%. Declared incomes are slightly above the average for the province of Turin.

Valperga is in seismic zone 3, but the expected ground acceleration of 0.050 g is low. In older houses, insulation and heating matter most, as the climate zone is E with cold winters. Near the streams coming down from the hills and on the slopes around the Belmonte hill, the report checks the official flood and landslide maps for the address.

Key points

  • Upper Canavese, near Cuorgnè and the Orco valleys.
  • Sacro Monte di Belmonte, a UNESCO site.
  • 2,953 residents, average age 47.2.
  • Seismic zone 3, low acceleration (0.050 g).

Overview

Valperga is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 2,953 residents, ranked 112 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valperga 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 0.050 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 6.6%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valperga declared an average taxable income of 27,900 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valperga is in climate zone E, with 2,722 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 385 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Valperga has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility and 5 sports facilities.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 14.9% of the land in Valperga, 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

Valperga 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Valperga. 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 Valperga: 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 Valperga 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 64 inhabited census areas in Valperga. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.8%
  • fair 21.6%
  • good 75.6%

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 001287. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.