Buggiano: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Pistoia, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Buggiano, a hilltop castle village and a Valdinievole town
Buggiano has two sides, and its place names show it. Buggiano Castello is the medieval village on the hill, with walls, narrow lanes and olive groves around it; Borgo a Buggiano is the town on the plain, where most people live, with shops, services and twentieth-century housing. This is the Valdinievole, between Pistoia and Lucca, and Montecatini Terme is right next door.
Buyers face two different markets. On the hill there are stone houses and flats in the old village, with tight access and parking often some way off; on the plain, detached and terraced houses and small blocks of flats. The Florence to the sea motorway and the Florence to Lucca railway both cross the Valdinievole, making it possible to commute to Florence, Pistoia and Lucca, besides the tourism jobs in Montecatini.
Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 8,725 residents in 2023, practically the same as in 2011 (down 0.1%, just 10 people). The mean age is 47.6, matching the province (47.5), 25.6% are over 65 and foreign residents are 8.8%. Households are small, 2.24 people on average, and declared incomes are in line with the province of Pistoia.
Buggiano is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 14 municipalities in the province; the other 6 are in zone 2, towards the Apennines. The expected ground acceleration in the town is about 0.137 g. In the Castello village, buildings are often joined together, so if you buy part of a historic house find out what structural work was done on the whole building as well as on your flat.
The Valdinievole plain slopes down towards the Fucecchio marshes and is crossed by streams coming off the hills. The report reads the flood maps at the address and, thanks to the cadastral maps published by the Revenue Agency, finds the land parcel.
Key points
- Buggiano Castello on the hill, Borgo a Buggiano on the plain.
- A stable population: 8,725 residents in 2023.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.137 g.
- Historic village homes: ask about work on the whole building.
Overview
Buggiano is a municipality in the province of Pistoia, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 8,725 residents, ranked 11 of 20 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Buggiano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (14 of 20) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.137 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. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 8.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Buggiano declared an average taxable income of 23,655 euros, in line with the province (23,480 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Buggiano is in climate zone D, with 1,812 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 41 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Buggiano has 4 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.5 schools 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 17.8% of the land in Buggiano, compared with 10.3% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.3 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Buggiano 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 medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Buggiano, and one more has 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 Buggiano: 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 Buggiano 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 148 inhabited census areas in Buggiano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.5%
- fair 50.7%
- good 48.8%
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 047003. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.