Cerreto Guidi: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Firenze, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Cerreto Guidi, a Medici villa between Montalbano and the marsh
The Medici villa at Cerreto Guidi overlooks the town from the top of a hill, reached by broad brick ramps, and it is one of the Medici villas on the Unesco World Heritage list. The municipality is in the Empoli area, on the western side of the Montalbano ridge, between Empoli, Vinci and Fucecchio. To the north-west the hill drops to the Padule di Fucecchio, a large protected wetland.
The landscape is olive groves, vineyards and fields, with the main village on the hill and lower hamlets such as Stabbia and Lazzeretto. Buyers find village houses, detached homes from recent decades and farmhouses in the countryside, the latter often with land and upkeep costs to budget for. There is no railway in the municipality, and for trains people drive to Empoli or to San Miniato-Fucecchio station.
The population is growing: 10,727 residents in 2023, up 3.5% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. It is younger than the metropolitan area of Florence as a whole, with over-65s at 23.9% against 26.1%, and foreign residents make up 14.6%. Declared incomes remain below the provincial average, which Florence and its neighbours push up. The services on record include 2 healthcare facilities and 2 supermarkets.
Cerreto Guidi is in seismic zone 3, like 27 other municipalities around Florence, while 13 municipalities, mostly in the Mugello and towards the Apennines, are in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.124 g. For a stone farmhouse, ask how the walls, floors and roof were dealt with in the last renovation.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. In the lowland hamlets near the marsh the issue is flooding, on the Montalbano slopes it is landslides, and both are read for each address.
Key points
- Unesco Medici villa, Montalbano hills and the Fucecchio marsh.
- Population up 3.5% since 2011.
- Over-65s at 23.9%, below 26.1% in the province.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.124 g.
Overview
Cerreto Guidi is a municipality in the province of Firenze, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 10,727 residents, ranked 27 of 41 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cerreto Guidi is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (28 of 41) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.124 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 grown by 3.5%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 14.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cerreto Guidi declared an average taxable income of 23,336 euros, below the provincial average (27,023 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Cerreto Guidi is in climate zone D, with 1,698 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 123 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cerreto Guidi has 9 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 13 sports facilities.
There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
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 8.8% of the land in Cerreto Guidi, compared with 7.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Cerreto Guidi 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Cerreto Guidi, and one more has 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 Cerreto Guidi: 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 Cerreto Guidi 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 68 inhabited census areas in Cerreto Guidi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 16.9%
- fair 67.5%
- good 15.6%
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
- 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 048011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.