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Valprato Soana: 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: Borgata Bordone 2, Valprato Soana.

Valprato Soana, the head of the Val Soana in the Gran Paradiso

The Val Soana opens at Pont Canavese and climbs towards the Gran Paradiso massif; Valprato Soana covers its highest part, above a thousand metres, with hamlets scattered right up to the head of the valley. The municipality is one of those in the Gran Paradiso National Park, and that matters to buyers: inside the park boundary, building or extending follows stricter rules, while woods and summer pastures stay protected.

Many houses are second homes, opened in summer and at weekends. Traditional stone buildings with slab roofs and wooden balconies need checks on the roof, damp and services. With climate zone F winters are long, so find out in advance how you would reach the house in snow and what it costs to heat. For schools and services you go down towards the Canavese.

In 2023 there were 96 residents, 14.3% fewer than the 112 of 2011. The estimated average age is 50.6, and over-65s make up 29.2%, against 26.4% for the province of Turin. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3, on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department, like 270 other municipalities in the metropolitan area of Turin, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.056 g. In stone houses, safety depends mainly on how the roof, floors and walls are tied together.

In an Alpine valley, avalanches, landslides and streams depend on the precise spot. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps at the address and finds the land parcel using the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Upper Val Soana, a Gran Paradiso National Park municipality.
  • 96 residents in 2023, down 14.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.056 g.
  • Park rules: check extensions and works in advance.

Overview

Valprato Soana is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 96 residents, among the smallest in the province (307 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Valprato Soana 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 0.056 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 fallen by 14.3%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Valprato Soana declared an average taxable income of 30,812 euros, above the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Valprato Soana is in climate zone F, with 3,961 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,113 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Valprato Soana has 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 0.3% of the land in Valprato Soana, 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

Valprato Soana 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 Valprato Soana.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Valprato Soana: 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 Valprato Soana 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 Valprato Soana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 20.0%
  • good 80.0%

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 001288. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.