All things you need to know about living in Traversella
Traversella, in the province of Torino, is home to 2 Britons: 0.65% of its 310 residents.
ISTAT counts 10 residents with a foreign citizenship in Traversella, 3.23% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Britons (2), Spaniards (1), Norwegians (1).
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
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 21.4°C (71°F) and winters a low of -6.2°C (21°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Traversella sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,383mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 180 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Britons in Traversella rose from 1 to 2.
ISTAT's census data puts 4.5% of Traversella's population as born outside Italy: 2.6% outside the EU and 1.9% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this by specific country at comune level, so it does not line up with the citizenship figures above.
Traversella population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 3 | 0.97% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.65% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.32% |
| Norway | 1 | 0.32% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 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% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 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% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 296 | 95.48% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 6 | 1.94% |
| Born outside the EU | 8 | 2.58% |
Britons over time
Quality of life in Torino
Full BES profile for Torino →Torino on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Seismic zone
Traversella 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: Ospedale Civile di Ivrea, about 23 km / 30 minutes by road from Traversella (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Civile di Ivrea (DEA level I), about 23 km / 30 minutes by road from Traversella (the main town).
Nearest airport: Turin Airport (TRN), about 73.7 km / 58 minutes by road from Traversella (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Bennet, about 21 km / 25 minutes by road from Traversella (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Vistrorio di Farmacie Schiavon di Dott.Ssa Schiavon Alessandra e C., about 11.9 km / 15 minutes by road from Traversella (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Borgofranco d'Ivrea, about 21.7 km / 28 minutes by road from Traversella (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 Traversella, 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.
Nearby comuni
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