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Assisi: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Perugia, Umbria. 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: Viale Patrono D'Italia Santa Maria degli Angeli 1, Assisi.

Assisi, Mount Subasio and Santa Maria degli Angeli

Assisi is known around the world for Saint Francis and the basilica that holds his tomb. The old town is built on the slopes of Mount Subasio, looking over the Umbrian valley between Perugia and Foligno, and together with the Franciscan sites it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visitors come all year round.

For a buyer, Assisi is at least two different places. Up the hill is the walled town, built from Subasio's pink stone, with old houses, steep streets, car parks outside the walls and many flats let to tourists. Down on the plain, around the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, is the busier and more practical part: the railway station on the Foligno to Terontola line, shops, apartment blocks and the dual carriageway to Perugia.

The population is steady: 27,507 residents in 2023, up just 0.5% on 2011. The estimated average age is 47.2, close to the 47.4 of the province of Perugia, and 25.8% of residents are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 9.1%; declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Earthquakes are part of local memory. In 1997 the tremor that struck Umbria and the Marche brought down part of the vault of the upper basilica. Assisi is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, with expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.227 g, a high value; 14 municipalities in the province are in zone 1. Before buying, ask whether the building had seismic improvement work after that earthquake and whether the paperwork is on file at the town hall.

On the slopes of Subasio the report checks landslide maps and gradient for the address; on the plain it looks at the valley's rivers, such as the Chiascio and the Tescio. The Revenue Agency publishes cadastral maps here, so the report traces the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hill town on Mount Subasio, flat modern district around Santa Maria degli Angeli.
  • 27,507 residents, steady since 2011 (up 0.5%).
  • Seismic zone 2, expected ground acceleration about 0.227 g.
  • After the 1997 earthquake: ask what work was done on the building.

Overview

Assisi is a municipality in the province of Perugia, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 27,507 residents, among the most populous in the province (6 of 59).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Assisi is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (44 of 59) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.227 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Assisi, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Assisi declared an average taxable income of 23,794 euros, in line with the province (23,962 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Assisi is in climate zone E, with 2,198 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 424 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Assisi has 33 schools and 8 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 25 grocery shops and supermarkets, 16 healthcare facilities, 27 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.

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 7.7% of the land in Assisi, compared with 5.5% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Assisi, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Assisi: 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 Assisi 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 173 inhabited census areas in Assisi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.8%
  • fair 45.6%
  • good 38.1%
  • very good 12.2%
  • excellent 1.3%

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 054001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.