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Viù: 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: Frazione Polpresa 1, Viù.

Viù, summer retreats and hamlets in the Lanzo valleys

Viù gives its name to the southernmost of the three Lanzo valleys, the one followed by the Stura di Viù river, north-west of Turin. The main village stands at around 770 metres and the municipality is large, with many hamlets scattered among meadows, woods and summer pastures. For more than a century it has been a summer retreat for Turin families, as the villas and holiday houses show.

The market is largely made up of second homes: flats and small villas used in summer and at weekends, alongside the houses of year-round residents. If you want to live here all year, expect cold winters (climate zone F), mountain roads and a drive to Turin that is manageable but tiring every day. There are 12 restaurants and bars in the village, partly serving visitors. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

There were 1,104 residents in 2023, down 1.3% on 2011. The average age is 49.1 against 47.4 for the province, and over-65s make up 29.7%. Foreign nationals are 6.3%.

Viù is in seismic zone 3, like 270 other municipalities in the metropolitan city of Turin, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.092 g. In mountain houses that have been shut for a long time, check the roof, damp, heating and drains before signing.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces the address to its land parcel. On the slopes and along the Stura, landslides, avalanches where mapped and flooding are checked for the exact address on the official maps.

Key points

  • Valle di Viù, the southernmost of the Lanzo valleys.
  • Many second homes, a long-standing Turin summer retreat.
  • Residents down 1.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.092 g.

Overview

Viù is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 1,104 residents, ranked 189 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Viù 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 0.092 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 1.3%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Viù declared an average taxable income of 20,966 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Viù is in climate zone F, with 3,515 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 774 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Viù has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

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 Viù, 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

Viù 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 Viù.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Viù: 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 Viù 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 57 inhabited census areas in Viù. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 16.8%
  • good 69.3%
  • very good 13.9%

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 001313. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.