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Barberino Tavarnelle: 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 Tavarnelle, Chianti hills between Florence and Siena

Barberino Tavarnelle is a Chianti municipality created in 2019 by merging Barberino Val d'Elsa and Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, halfway between Florence and Siena. The landscape is a sequence of hills covered in vineyards, olive groves and woods, with small walled villages and scattered farmhouses. The municipality also includes Badia a Passignano, the Vallombrosan abbey surrounded by vines.

The key road is the Florence to Siena dual carriageway, which passes close to both main villages and gets you to Florence in a little over half an hour in normal traffic. Tavarnelle is the larger, busier centre, with shops and services along its main street; Barberino keeps its walled village on the ridge. Outside the villages the market is made up of farmhouses, country estates and flats carved out of old farm buildings, often bought by foreigners or turned into holiday lets. In the countryside, unpaved roads and the distance to schools and shops weigh more in winter.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 11,932 residents in 2023, almost the same as in 2011 (down 0.8%). The estimated average age is 47.5 and over-65s are 26.8%, slightly more than in the province. Foreign residents make up 8.7%, and declared incomes are a little below the Florence average. Healthcare facilities are sparse, 0.17 per 1,000 residents against 0.76, so for hospitals and specialists people go to Florence or the Elsa valley.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3, like 27 other municipalities in the Florence area, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.121 g. In stone farmhouses, often extended over time, the weak points are the added sections and floors rebuilt without ties to the walls, so a structural check before buying is useful.

Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are published. For country properties it pays to compare the boundaries on the map with those on the ground, and the report checks landslide hazard on the slopes for the exact address.

Key points

  • Created in 2019, on the Florence to Siena dual carriageway.
  • Farmhouses among vines and olives, with Badia a Passignano.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.121 g.
  • Over-65s at 26.8%; 0.17 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents.

Overview

Barberino Tavarnelle is a municipality in the province of Firenze, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 11,932 residents, ranked 25 of 41 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Barberino Tavarnelle is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (28 of 41) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.121 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

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. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 8.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Barberino Tavarnelle declared an average taxable income of 25,751 euros, in line with the province (27,023 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Barberino Tavarnelle is in climate zone E, with 2,344 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 378 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Barberino Tavarnelle has 9 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.3 per 1,000 residents.

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 6.3% of the land in Barberino Tavarnelle, compared with 7.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Barberino Tavarnelle 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 7 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Barberino Tavarnelle, and 5 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 Tavarnelle: 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 Tavarnelle 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 100 inhabited census areas in Barberino Tavarnelle. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.0%
  • fair 95.8%
  • good 3.3%

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 048054. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.