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Bibbona: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Livorno, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Aurelia Nord 1, Bibbona.

Bibbona, hill village and seaside on the Etruscan Coast

The municipality has two sides. Bibbona is the village on the first hills inland from the Livorno coast, its houses gathered around the church and surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, while Marina di Bibbona is the seaside resort on the Costa degli Etruschi (Etruscan Coast), with a long beach, pinewoods and campsites. Between them lies farmland crossed by the Via Aurelia and the roads to Cecina, the largest town nearby.

The seaside drives much of the market: holiday flats and villas, summer lets and many properties empty in winter. In the village and the countryside there are village houses and farmhouses, sometimes with land, also sought by people living here all year. Near the sea and the drainage ditches on the plain, the report checks the official flood maps, which change from one street to the next.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 3,201 residents (2023), broadly stable since 2011 (down 0.2%). The average age is 48.2, slightly below Livorno province (48.7), and 27.1% are over 65. Foreign residents make up 11.7%, a significant share. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Livorno province is split across more than one seismic zone. Bibbona is in zone 3 with 5 other municipalities, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.098 g in the built-up area. The hazard is moderate. Near the sea, salt air, damp and upkeep of the services matter more; in stone farmhouses, the roof and walls.

Key points

  • Hill village plus Marina di Bibbona on the Etruscan Coast.
  • 3,201 residents, down 0.2% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents 11.7%, average age 48.2.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.098 g.

Overview

Bibbona is a municipality in the province of Livorno, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 3,201 residents, ranked 14 of 19 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bibbona is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 6 of 19 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.098 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 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 11.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bibbona declared an average taxable income of 21,709 euros, below the provincial average (24,772 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bibbona is in climate zone D, with 1,417 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 80 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bibbona has 3 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 sports facility and 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 5.2% of the land in Bibbona, compared with 10.2% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bibbona 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 no contaminated sites in Bibbona.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bibbona: 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 Bibbona 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 56 inhabited census areas in Bibbona. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.2%
  • fair 56.6%
  • good 41.1%

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

ISTAT code 049001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.