Villar Pellice: 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 Pellice, the Pellice valley and the Waldensian valleys
The Pellice valley is one of Piedmont's Waldensian valleys, where the Waldensian Protestant church has deep roots and its temples stand alongside Catholic churches. Villar Pellice lies in the middle stretch of the valley, along the Pellice stream between Torre Pellice and Bobbio Pellice, with the mountains of the French border behind.
It is a mountain municipality with a centre along the valley road and hamlets scattered on the slopes. Buyers find stone houses, often with a hayloft or rustic section, and newer homes near the village. Torre Pellice and Luserna San Giovanni have everyday services, while Pinerolo is the reference point for the hospital, secondary schools and trains to Turin. The climate zone is F: long, cold winters, with snow making some hamlets harder to reach. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
In 2023 there were 1,057 residents, down 5.6% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 49.0 against 47.4 in the province, and over-65s are 28.4%. Foreign nationals make up 3.4%.
The seismic zone is 3, as for 270 other municipalities in the Metropolitan City of Turin; 41 are in zone 4. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.135 g. For a stone mountain house, what counts is how walls, floors and roof are tied together, and the weight of snow on the roof.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces the address back to the plot. Along the Pellice and its side streams, the official flood maps are read for the address; for hamlets on the slopes, the landslide maps.
Key points
- Village in the Pellice valley, one of the Waldensian valleys.
- Residents down 5.6% since 2011, over-65s at 28.4%.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.135 g.
- Long winters: weigh up access to hamlets and heating.
Overview
Villar Pellice is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,057 residents, ranked 193 of 312 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villar Pellice 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 0.135 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 5.6%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villar Pellice declared an average taxable income of 21,089 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Villar Pellice is in climate zone F, with 3,350 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 664 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Villar Pellice has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 1.4% of the land in Villar Pellice, 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 Pellice is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 Pellice.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Villar Pellice: 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 Pellice 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 31 inhabited census areas in Villar Pellice. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 12.3%
- good 87.7%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Piemonte, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Piemonte, Anagrafe regionale dei siti contaminati (ASCO). Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 9 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 001306. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.