Bagni di Lucca: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Lucca, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Bagni di Lucca, spa town and villages of the Lima valley
Along the Lima valley, before the river joins the Serchio, Bagni di Lucca was a nineteenth-century spa resort visited by aristocrats and writers from across Europe. From that era remain villas, hotels, the casino and, at Fornoli, the Ponte delle Catene chain bridge. Today the municipality is a string of valley-floor villages and dozens of hamlets scattered over wooded slopes.
Buyers have to choose between two very different lives. The valley floor has the services, the road to Lucca and the station on the Lucca to Aulla railway; the mountain hamlets have stone houses with views, narrow roads and, on some slopes, only a few hours of sun in winter. Many foreigners, quite a few of them British, have bought homes here: they make up 11.5% of residents. There are 4 pharmacies, 0.72 per 1,000 residents against 0.36 in the province.
The population is shrinking and ageing: 5,576 residents in 2023, down 10.2% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office, with an average age of 50.5 against 48.1 for the province and over-65s at 31.7% against 26.8%. Declared incomes are well below the Lucca average.
Bagni di Lucca is in seismic zone 2, like 22 of the 33 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.186 g. Many hamlet houses are old and have been restored more than once: ask what work was done and under which permits, and have the ties between walls, floors and roof checked.
The Lima can rise quickly, and the steep slopes are prone to landslides. Both hazards vary a great deal from one hamlet to another, and the report checks them for the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps.
Key points
- Nineteenth-century spa resort in the Lima valley.
- Dozens of hillside hamlets, foreign residents at 11.5%.
- Population down 10.2% since 2011, over-65s at 31.7%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.186 g.
Overview
Bagni di Lucca is a municipality in the province of Lucca, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 5,576 residents, ranked 14 of 33 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bagni di Lucca is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (22 of 33) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.186 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Bagni di Lucca, 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 10.2%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 11.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bagni di Lucca declared an average taxable income of 19,775 euros, below the provincial average (24,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Bagni di Lucca is in climate zone E, with 2,227 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 150 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bagni di Lucca has 6 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 5 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
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 2.6% of the land in Bagni di Lucca, compared with 9.2% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Bagni di Lucca 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 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Bagni di Lucca, and 2 more have 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 Bagni di Lucca: 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 Bagni di Lucca 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 70 inhabited census areas in Bagni di Lucca. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 9.5%
- fair 78.8%
- good 11.7%
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 046002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.