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Villar Focchiardo: 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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Villar Focchiardo, chestnut woods in the lower Susa valley

The chestnut woods climbing behind the houses set the tone of Villar Focchiardo, a village of the lower Susa valley, west of Turin, on the south side of the Dora river. Higher up in the woods stands the Certosa di Montebenedetto, a Carthusian monastery of medieval origin, reached on foot or by mountain roads. Turin is about forty minutes away, and the valley floor, with the Fréjus motorway and the main road, is a few minutes off.

The centre lies at around 450 metres at the foot of the slope, with older stone houses and newer clusters towards the flat land. For people working in Turin or the valley towns it is a quiet place to live. Ground conditions change between the flat land and the slope, and the report reads the official landslide and flood maps for the address. The climate is cold, zone F, so insulation and heating matter.

At the end of 2023 there were 1,927 residents, down 6.8% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 49.9, against 47.4 in the metropolitan area of Turin, and over-65s are 29.6% against 26.4%. Foreign residents make up 4.2%. Declared incomes are below the Turin area average.

Villar Focchiardo is in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.131 g, like 270 other municipalities in the metropolitan area. In stone houses, check the roof, the timber floors and how they are tied to the walls.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the whole municipality.

Key points

  • Lower Susa valley, among chestnut woods.
  • Home to the Certosa di Montebenedetto.
  • Average age 49.9, above the Turin area.
  • Population down 6.8% since 2011.

Overview

Villar Focchiardo is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,927 residents, ranked 134 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villar Focchiardo 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 0.131 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 6.8%. 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 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villar Focchiardo declared an average taxable income of 24,043 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Villar Focchiardo is in climate zone F, with 3,029 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 450 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Villar Focchiardo has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 3.5% of the land in Villar Focchiardo, 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

Villar Focchiardo 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 Villar Focchiardo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Villar Focchiardo: 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 Villar Focchiardo 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 29 inhabited census areas in Villar Focchiardo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 55.2%
  • good 44.8%

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 001305. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.