All things you need to know about living in Valchiusa
Valchiusa, in the province of Torino, is home to 8 Dutch nationals: 0.78% of its 1,026 residents.
That is the 9th-highest concentration of Dutch nationals among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Piemonte it ranks 3rd.
ISTAT counts 59 residents with a foreign citizenship in Valchiusa, 5.75% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Dutch nationals (8), Russians (8), Britons (7).
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.
Valchiusa 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.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Valchiusa at about €475 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 12.2 years of renting the same property.
Valchiusa population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 11 | 1.07% |
| Ukraine | 10 | 0.97% |
| Netherlands | 8 | 0.78% |
| Russia | 8 | 0.78% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 0.68% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.29% |
| France | 3 | 0.29% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.10% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.10% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.10% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.10% |
| United States | 1 | 0.10% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 935 | 91.13% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 32 | 3.12% |
| Born outside the EU | 59 | 5.75% |
Dutch nationals 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 Valchiusa 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.
12.2 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
Valchiusa 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.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: Ospedale Civile di Ivrea, about 26.8 km / 34 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Civile di Ivrea (DEA level I), about 26.8 km / 34 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest airport: Turin Airport (TRN), about 77.4 km / 63 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Bennet, about 24.7 km / 30 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Vistrorio di Farmacie Schiavon di Dott.Ssa Schiavon Alessandra e C., about 15.6 km / 19 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Borgofranco d'Ivrea, about 25.4 km / 32 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
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 Valchiusa, 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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