All things you need to know about living in Rocca Canavese
Rocca Canavese, in the province of Torino, is home to 3 Argentinians: 0.17% of its 1,717 residents.
That is the 238th-highest concentration of Argentinians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Piemonte it ranks 26th.
ISTAT counts 153 residents with a foreign citizenship in Rocca Canavese, 8.91% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (3), Belgians (1), Brazilians (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Torino scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for average disposable income per capita and density and importance of museums' heritage.
It scores in the bottom quarter for PM10 Annual average concentration.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 25.9°C (79°F) and winters a low of -1.9°C (29°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Rocca Canavese sees about 4 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,691mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 178 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Rocca Canavese at about €705 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Rocca Canavese population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 62 | 3.61% |
| Albania | 6 | 0.35% |
| Ukraine | 6 | 0.35% |
| Argentina | 3 | 0.17% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.06% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.06% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.06% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.06% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.06% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.06% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,507 | 87.77% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 78 | 4.54% |
| Born outside the EU | 132 | 7.69% |
Argentinians over time
Quality of life in Torino
Full BES profile for Torino →Torino on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Rocca Canavese is far below the Torino average of €1,512/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
14.2 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well below the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Seismic zone
Rocca Canavese is in seismic zone 3. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 3 as a zone where strong earthquakes are less likely than in zones 1 and 2.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
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Nearest hospital: Presidio Osped. Riunito Sede di Cirie', about 11.2 km / 13 minutes by road from Rocca Canavese (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Presidio Osped. Riunito Sede di Cirie' (DEA level I), about 11.2 km / 13 minutes by road from Rocca Canavese (the main town).
Nearest airport: Turin Airport (TRN), about 19.1 km / 22 minutes by road from Rocca Canavese (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Crai, about 0.3 km / 1 minute by road from Rocca Canavese (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Santa Caterina di Impresa s.a.s. di Mazzoleni Federica e C., about 0.2 km / 1 minute by road from Rocca Canavese (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Villanova - Grosso, about 10.1 km / 11 minutes by road from Rocca Canavese (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Rocca Canavese, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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