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Capraia e Limite: 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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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 Cosimo Ridolfi 1, Capraia e Limite.

Capraia e Limite, two Arno villages below Montalbano

The municipality is named after the two villages that make it up, both on the north bank of the Arno between Signa and Empoli. Limite sull'Arno has a long history of boatbuilding and rowing; Capraia Fiorentina faces Montelupo Fiorentino across the river. Behind them rise the Montalbano hills, with olive groves, vineyards and small hamlets such as Castra.

For anyone working in Florence or Empoli, the station to use is Montelupo-Capraia, on the Florence to Pisa line, across the river. The market splits between the riverside villages, with terraced houses, small blocks of flats and a few old houses along the Arno, and the hills, where farmhouses and small villas look over the valley, more isolated and reached by uphill roads.

At the end of 2023 there were 7,822 residents, up 7.2% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office, and the population is younger than the metropolitan average: 45.5 against 47.3, with over-65s at 22.1% against 26.1%. Foreign residents are 7.6%, and households average 2.34 people.

Capraia e Limite is in seismic zone 3 on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department (Protezione Civile), like 27 other municipalities in the Metropolitan City of Florence; the 13 in zone 2 lie towards the Mugello and the Valdisieve. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.124 g. In the older masonry houses of the villages, ask whether floors and roofs have been worked on and whether the work was properly registered.

The Arno is the main issue for anyone buying near the river: the valley floor has a long record of floods, and the official flood hazard maps need to be read for the exact address, which the report does. On the Montalbano hills, slope stability matters instead. Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available.

Key points

  • Two villages on the north bank of the Arno, facing Montelupo.
  • Average age 45.5 against 47.3 for the Florence area.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.124 g.
  • Near the Arno, flood hazard must be read address by address.

Overview

Capraia e Limite is a municipality in the province of Firenze, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 7,822 residents, ranked 31 of 41 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Capraia e Limite 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 0.124 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 grown by 7.2%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Capraia e Limite declared an average taxable income of 25,615 euros, below the provincial average (27,023 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Capraia e Limite is in climate zone D, with 1,658 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 28 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Capraia e Limite has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 7 sports facilities.

There are 0.1 healthcare facilities 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 7.2% of the land in Capraia e Limite, 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

Capraia e Limite 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Capraia e Limite, and 4 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 Capraia e Limite: 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 Capraia e Limite 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 36 inhabited census areas in Capraia e Limite. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.3%
  • fair 99.7%

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 048008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.