Belmonte Mezzagno: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Palermo, Sicilia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Belmonte Mezzagno, in the hills behind Palermo
Climb about fifteen kilometres from Palermo and you reach Belmonte Mezzagno, a town at around 350 metres in the hills south-east of the city, near Misilmeri. Its position explains its character: many residents work in Palermo and come back here in the evening, and the town has grown mainly as a place to live, with few services of its own.
The population is among the youngest in the province. The estimated average age is 41.6 against 44.7 for the province of Palermo, over-65s are 18.6%, and households are large, averaging 2.69 people. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,839 residents in 2023, down 2.8% on 2011. There are almost no foreign residents, 0.3%. Average declared incomes are well below the provincial average.
As in many towns around Palermo, a lot of houses have grown over time, with floors added as families expanded. Before buying, it is important to check that the building work is authorised: permits, any amnesty applications, the certificate of habitability, and whether the cadastral floor plan matches the house as it is.
That matters all the more because earthquake hazard is not low. In the province of Palermo, 81 of the 82 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, Belmonte among them, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.181 g. An extra storey added without a proper design is the typical weak point: an engineer can tell you whether the structure can carry the added weight.
The town is built on sloping ground, so elevation and gradient at the house are the first things to look at; the report measures them and checks the official landslide hazard maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Belmonte Mezzagno as well, so an address leads to its plot.
Key points
- Hill town at around 350 metres, south-east of Palermo.
- Average age 41.6, 2.69 people per household.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.181 g.
- Houses with added floors: check permits and structure.
Overview
Belmonte Mezzagno is a municipality in the province of Palermo, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 10,839 residents, ranked 16 of 82 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Belmonte Mezzagno is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.181 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Belmonte Mezzagno, 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 2.8%. The estimated average age is 42 years, lower than the province average (45). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 0.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Belmonte Mezzagno declared an average taxable income of 16,977 euros, below the provincial average (21,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Belmonte Mezzagno is in climate zone C, with 1,251 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 356 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Belmonte Mezzagno has 11 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 2 sports facilities.
There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).
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 7.3% of the land in Belmonte Mezzagno, compared with 5.7% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Belmonte Mezzagno. 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 Belmonte Mezzagno: 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 Belmonte Mezzagno 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 64 inhabited census areas in Belmonte Mezzagno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 80 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 17.9%
- good 24.0%
- very good 58.1%
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.
- 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 082009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.