Barberino di Mugello: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Firenze, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Barberino di Mugello, Lake Bilancino and the A1 motorway
Most people know Barberino from the sign on the A1, Italy's main north-south motorway, which has a junction here. The town lies in the western part of the Mugello, the basin north of Florence enclosed by the Apennines, and its land includes Lake Bilancino, a reservoir on the river Sieve that stores water for the Florence area and draws swimmers and sailors in summer. Florence is a little over half an hour away by car.
Next to the motorway junction is the Barberino Designer Outlet, which brings plenty of traffic at weekends and during the sales. The rest of the municipality is a compact main town plus hamlets scattered along the valleys towards the ridge, with stone houses and old farms. Buyers can choose between flats in town and isolated farmhouses; for the latter, drive the road in winter before deciding.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,968 residents in 2023, up 4.8% on 2011. The estimated average age is 46.2, below the 47.3 of the metropolitan area of Florence, and foreign residents make up 10.3%. Average declared incomes are a little below the metropolitan average.
The Mugello is one of the most earthquake-prone parts of Tuscany, and a strong quake struck the valley in 1919. In the province of Florence only 13 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 of the national classification, and Barberino is one of them, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.195 g. Anyone buying a farmhouse should have walls, floors and roof checked by an engineer and ask whether any strengthening work has been carried out.
On the slopes landslides are a genuine concern, and on the valley floor so are the streams running down to the Sieve; the report checks the official maps at the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so an address can be traced to its plot.
Key points
- A1 motorway junction and Lake Bilancino, north of Florence.
- 10,968 residents, up 4.8% since 2011.
- One of 13 municipalities around Florence in seismic zone 2.
- Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area about 0.195 g.
Overview
Barberino di Mugello is a municipality in the province of Firenze, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 10,968 residents, ranked 26 of 41 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Barberino di Mugello is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 13 of 41 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.195 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Barberino di Mugello, 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 grown by 4.8%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 10.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Barberino di Mugello declared an average taxable income of 24,904 euros, below the provincial average (27,023 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Barberino di Mugello is in climate zone E, with 2,178 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 270 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Barberino di Mugello has 9 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 9 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.3 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 5.7% of the land in Barberino di Mugello, compared with 7.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Barberino di Mugello is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Toscana in 2025. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list 8 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Barberino di Mugello, and 16 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 Barberino di Mugello: 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 Barberino di Mugello 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 160 inhabited census areas in Barberino di Mugello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 4.8%
- fair 60.3%
- good 34.9%
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 048002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.