Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Pisa, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, woods and geothermal hills
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina lies in the highest and most wooded part of the province of Pisa, in the Colline Metallifere hills, where the provinces of Siena and Grosseto meet. This is Tuscany's geothermal country: steam pipelines run through the woods, and in places natural vents of steam and hot water have shaped the area's history. The main village sits on a hill at around 600 metres, with a few outlying hamlets.
Distance matters for anyone moving here. Volterra and the coast are a good half hour or more along winding roads, and larger services mean driving. Locally the data show 2 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets and 3 school sites. Most of the housing is stone-built, with many old-centre houses lining steep streets.
Who lives here? Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,083 residents in 2023, down 9.0% since 2011. The average age is 49.3, higher than 46.9 for the province, and 33.1% are over 65. The share of foreign residents is high for a hill village: 17.7%.
Earthquake risk is moderate: zone 3, shared by all 37 municipalities in the province of Pisa, with expected ground acceleration of 0.138 g. In a stone house the most useful checks are the roof, the timber floors and damp in the walls.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report finds the parcel from the address and checks the official landslide and flood maps at that exact spot.
Key points
- Colline Metallifere, at the heart of Tuscan geothermal country.
- Population down 9.0%; foreign residents 17.7%.
- Seismic zone 3, like every municipality in the province.
- Steep stone-built centre; a car is essential.
Overview
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina is a municipality in the province of Pisa, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 2,083 residents, ranked 27 of 37 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 37 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.138 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 9.0%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 17.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina declared an average taxable income of 23,143 euros, below the provincial average (25,727 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina is in climate zone E, with 2,144 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 576 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 sports facility.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 2.8% of the land in Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, compared with 7.0% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.5 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina 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 no open contaminated sites in Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina: 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 Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina 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 23 inhabited census areas in Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 13.4%
- good 39.7%
- very good 46.8%
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 050011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.