Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Castel Viscardo: what to know before buying a home

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

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Castel Viscardo

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 Roma 1, Castel Viscardo.

Castel Viscardo, Orvieto hills towards the Alfina plateau

In the south-western corner of Umbria, where the region approaches Tuscany and Lazio, Castel Viscardo covers the hills north-west of Orvieto, on the road that climbs towards the Alfina plateau. The village gathers around the castle that gives it its name, and the municipality includes a few hamlets, fields, olive groves and woods.

Orvieto is the reference for work, services and the hospital, and it is also where the A1 motorway and the Rome to Florence railway pass, which helps if you travel often. The market offers stone village houses, country farmhouses, often needing renovation, and newer detached homes. The village is at around 500 metres, in climate zone E, and winters call for a good heating system.

The population is old and shrinking. Istat, Italy's statistics office, counts 2,648 residents (2023), down 12.5% since 2011. The average age is 51.3 against 48.9 in the province of Terni, and over-65s make up 34.0%, against 28.8%. Foreign residents account for 5.2%.

On earthquakes, Castel Viscardo is in seismic zone 3, like 16 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.144 g. For a stone farmhouse, ask whether work has been done on the walls, floors and roof, and under which permits.

Among the hills and ditches, the report checks the official landslide and flood maps at the address and measures the slope of the plot. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Hills north-west of Orvieto, towards the Alfina
  • Stone houses and farmhouses, often needing work
  • Over-65s at 34.0%, against 28.8% in the province
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.144 g

Overview

Castel Viscardo is a municipality in the province of Terni, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 2,648 residents, ranked 9 of 33 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castel Viscardo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (17 of 33) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.144 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 fallen by 12.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castel Viscardo declared an average taxable income of 23,334 euros, in line with the province (23,539 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Castel Viscardo is in climate zone E, with 2,287 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 507 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castel Viscardo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 6.6% of the land in Castel Viscardo, compared with 4.7% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

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 contaminated sites in Castel Viscardo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castel Viscardo: 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 Viscardo 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 19 inhabited census areas in Castel Viscardo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 14.4%
  • good 85.6%

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 055010. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.