Abetone Cutigliano: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Pistoia, Toscana. 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: Via Brennero 2, Abetone Cutigliano.
Abetone Cutigliano, ski slopes and villages in the Pistoia mountains
Abetone Cutigliano was formed by merging two quite different places in the mountains above Pistoia. Abetone is the ski resort on the high pass leading towards Emilia, with hotels, lifts and holiday homes. Cutigliano lies lower down in the Lima valley, with a stone-built historic centre and hamlets scattered through the woods.
The property market reflects this split. In Abetone and the ski areas most homes are flats in holiday blocks and second homes, used mainly in winter and summer; in Cutigliano and the hamlets there are more family houses and rural buildings. Either way, look at insulation, the roof, service charges and heating costs: the climate is zone F, with long, snowy winters. Average incomes are lower than in the province of Pistoia.
Fewer people live here all year round: Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,814 residents in 2023, 19.3% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 52.8 against 47.5 in the province, and over-65s make up 35.9%. Households have 1.88 members on average.
Abetone Cutigliano is in seismic zone 2, like 5 other municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of 0.201 g. In the masonry buildings of the old villages and in holiday blocks, it is worth asking about the structure and any work carried out.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. The report starts from the address and reads elevation, slope and the official landslide maps, along with flood-prone areas along the streams.
Key points
- Two places in one municipality: a ski resort and the Lima valley.
- Many second homes; population down 19.3% since 2011.
- Over-65s at 35.9%, average age 52.8.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.201 g.
Overview
Abetone Cutigliano is a municipality in the province of Pistoia, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 1,814 residents, among the smallest in the province (19 of 20).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Abetone Cutigliano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 6 of 20 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.201 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Abetone Cutigliano, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 19.3%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (48). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 5.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Abetone Cutigliano declared an average taxable income of 19,072 euros, below the provincial average (23,480 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Abetone Cutigliano is in climate zone F, with 4,130 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,388 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Abetone Cutigliano has 5 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.
There are 1.7 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).
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 3.2% of the land in Abetone Cutigliano, compared with 10.3% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Abetone Cutigliano is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Toscana in 2025. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Abetone Cutigliano.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Abetone Cutigliano: 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 Abetone Cutigliano 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 39 inhabited census areas in Abetone Cutigliano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 2.4%
- fair 90.7%
- good 6.9%
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
- 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 Toscana, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 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 047023. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.