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Castel Ritaldi: what to know before buying a home

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

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Castel Ritaldi, olive-covered hills between Spoleto and Montefalco

Castel Ritaldi lies in the southern part of the Valle Umbra, between Spoleto and Montefalco, in a landscape of low hills covered with olive trees and fields sloping down to the plain. It is named after the medieval castle around which the village grew; the rest of the municipality is hamlets and scattered houses, at around 300 metres.

Buyers here find stone farmhouses, often in need of restoration, village houses and newer villas in the hamlets on the flat. Spoleto and Foligno, with hospitals, secondary schools and railway stations, are the main reference points, reached by car. If you are considering a farmhouse, weigh up access, water and drainage connections and the cost of the work, which in the countryside varies a great deal from one property to the next.

There are 3,043 residents (2023), down 8.3% on 2011. The mean age of 47.4 is the same as for the province of Perugia (47.4); over-65s are 25.6% and foreign residents 8.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

This part of Umbria is seismically active. Castel Ritaldi is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 43 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.213 g, a fairly high value. For farmhouses and stone houses, find out whether strengthening work has been done, with which techniques, and whether the building was damaged in earthquakes of recent decades. The Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report adds the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Southern Valle Umbra, between Spoleto and Montefalco.
  • Stone farmhouses: check access, connections and works.
  • 3,043 residents, mean age 47.4.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.213 g.

Overview

Castel Ritaldi is a municipality in the province of Perugia, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 3,043 residents, ranked 37 of 59 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castel Ritaldi is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (44 of 59) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.213 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Castel Ritaldi, 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 8.3%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castel Ritaldi declared an average taxable income of 20,895 euros, below the provincial average (23,962 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Castel Ritaldi 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 297 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castel Ritaldi has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 1 sports facility.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

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 6.4% of the land in Castel Ritaldi, compared with 5.5% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Castel Ritaldi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castel Ritaldi: 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 Ritaldi 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 Castel Ritaldi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 36.1%
  • good 63.9%

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 054008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.