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Castel Focognano: 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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Castel Focognano, Rassina and the Casentino hamlets

The municipality of Castel Focognano lies in the Casentino, the upper Arno valley north of Arezzo, and takes its name from a hilltop village. The main centre, though, is Rassina, on the valley floor by the river, where you find the town hall, the shops and the station on the railway linking Arezzo and Stia. Around it, on the hills, are small scattered hamlets such as Carda and Salutio.

The first decision for a buyer is where. Rassina makes daily life easy and the train reaches Arezzo without a car; in the hamlets you find stone houses with views and land, but narrow roads and services further away. In older hillside homes, heating costs (climate zone E) and the state of roofs and walls weigh most. Near the Arno and its side streams, the report checks the official flood maps for the address.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there are 2,911 residents (2023), down 10.1% since 2011. The population is elderly: a mean age of 49.3 against 47.6 in the province, with 29.2% over 65. Foreign nationals make up 10.6%.

On earthquakes, the municipality is in zone 2, like 23 other municipalities in the province of Arezzo, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.169 g. For a masonry building, ask whether any strengthening work has been done and check how the floors and roof are built, as they are the costliest parts to redo.

Key points

  • Casentino, along the Arno north of Arezzo
  • Rassina on the Arezzo-Stia line, hamlets on the hills
  • Mean age 49.3, 29.2% over 65
  • Seismic zone 2, acceleration 0.169 g

Overview

Castel Focognano is a municipality in the province of Arezzo, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 2,911 residents, ranked 25 of 36 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castel Focognano 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 0.169 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Castel Focognano, 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 10.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (48). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 10.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castel Focognano declared an average taxable income of 22,254 euros, below the provincial average (24,383 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Castel Focognano is in climate zone E, with 2,109 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 310 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castel Focognano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 3 sports facilities.

There are 1.0 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more 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 4.5% of the land in Castel Focognano, 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

Castel Focognano 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Castel Focognano, and 2 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 Castel Focognano: 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 Castel Focognano 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 40 inhabited census areas in Castel Focognano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 11.9%
  • fair 77.2%
  • good 10.9%

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 051008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.