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Bucine: what to know before buying a home

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

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Trieste 2, Bucine.

Bucine, the Valdambra valley and villages above the Valdarno

Anyone house-hunting in Bucine usually chooses between two landscapes. The main town and Levane sit in the lower part, towards the Valdarno and Montevarchi, along the roads to Arezzo and Florence. Follow the Ambra stream upwards and you enter the Valdambra, a valley of hills planted with olives and vines, with small villages such as Ambra, Badia Agnano, Capannole and Pietraviva.

The hill villages offer farmhouses and stone hamlets, often in need of restoration, and schools and shops are further away. If you are buying a rural property, check access, water supply and drainage, as well as the state of roofs and floors. The lower part has newer flats and detached houses a few minutes from the services of the Valdarno.

The population is steady: 9,931 residents at the end of 2023, down 1.0% on 2011. The estimated average age is 47.4, practically the same as the province of Arezzo, over-65s make up 26.0% and foreign residents 8.4%. Households average 2.32 people and declared incomes are just below the provincial average.

In the province of Arezzo, seismic zone 2 is the most common, covering 24 municipalities. Bucine is one of the 12 in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.128 g. The risk still matters in old stone houses: a surveyor can tell you whether the walls are properly tied together and whether the roof puts too much load on the structure.

Near the Ambra and the ditches running down to the Arno, the report checks the flood maps, and on the hills the landslide maps, always for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the plot can be traced from them.

Key points

  • Lower town towards the Valdarno, hill villages in the Valdambra.
  • 9,931 residents in 2023, down 1.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.128 g.
  • Farmhouses need checks on access, drainage, roofs and floors.

Overview

Bucine is a municipality in the province of Arezzo, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 9,931 residents, ranked 9 of 36 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bucine is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 12 of 36 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.128 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 resident population has fallen by 1.0%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 8.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bucine declared an average taxable income of 23,714 euros, in line with the province (24,383 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bucine is in climate zone D, with 2,050 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 207 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bucine has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.3 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 3.9% of the land in Bucine, compared with 5.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 4.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bucine 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 open contaminated sites in Bucine; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bucine: 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 Bucine 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 106 inhabited census areas in Bucine. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.8%
  • fair 69.0%
  • good 30.2%

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 051005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.