Caprese Michelangelo: 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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Caprese Michelangelo, birthplace of Michelangelo
Michelangelo Buonarroti was born here, and the village carries his name: the house where he was born, inside the fortified hilltop village, is now a museum. Caprese Michelangelo lies in the Tuscan part of the upper Tiber valley (Valtiberina), in the province of Arezzo, among chestnut and beech woods on the mountains that separate the Tiber valley from the Casentino. Sansepolcro and Anghiari are the nearest towns for services.
The area is made up of scattered hamlets and isolated houses, many of them stone, linked by mountain roads. Buyers should look closely at access and winter road maintenance, water supply and heating: the altitude is around six hundred metres and the climate zone is E, with cold winters.
In 2023 there were 1,340 residents, down 11.6% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. Over-65s are 33.1%, against 26.6% in the province, and the average age is 51.1. Foreign residents make up 9.0%, and average incomes are below the provincial average.
Caprese is in seismic zone 2, like 23 other municipalities in the province of Arezzo, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.206 g. The Valtiberina has had earthquakes in the past, so for a stone house have the walls inspected by a surveyor before buying.
On steep, wooded slopes, the report checks the official landslide maps for the address, the gradient and the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps.
Key points
- Michelangelo's birthplace, in the Tuscan Valtiberina.
- 1,340 residents, down 11.6% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.206 g.
- Scattered mountain hamlets: check access and winter roads.
Overview
Caprese Michelangelo is a municipality in the province of Arezzo, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 1,340 residents, ranked 30 of 36 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Caprese Michelangelo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (24 of 36) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.206 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Caprese Michelangelo, 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 11.6%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 9.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Caprese Michelangelo declared an average taxable income of 20,636 euros, below the provincial average (24,383 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Caprese Michelangelo is in climate zone E, with 1,641 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 653 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Caprese Michelangelo has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 3.0% of the land in Caprese Michelangelo, compared with 5.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Caprese Michelangelo 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 low. 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 Caprese Michelangelo; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Caprese Michelangelo: 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 Caprese Michelangelo 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 Caprese Michelangelo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 56.3%
- good 43.7%
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
- 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 051007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.