Chiusi della Verna: 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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Chiusi della Verna, the Casentino of the Franciscan shrine
The municipality takes its identity from the shrine of La Verna, where tradition says Saint Francis received the stigmata, on the mountain overlooking the village. Chiusi della Verna lies in the upper Casentino, in the province of Arezzo, at around 960 metres among beech and fir woods and pastures, with hamlets spread along mountain roads.
It is a mountain municipality with an older population. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,856 residents in 2023, down 9.8% since 2011. The average age is 50.5, against 47.6 in the province, and over-65s are 31.4%. Foreign residents are 7.9%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
For buyers, the market offers stone houses in the hamlets, farmhouses and a few small blocks. The shrine draws pilgrims and visitors all year, and some houses are used as second homes or for guest accommodation. The climate zone is F, the coldest: snow, long winters and heating on for many months. Ask for the actual bills and about the state of the roof.
Chiusi della Verna is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, with an expected acceleration of 0.197 g; in the province of Arezzo, 24 municipalities are in zone 2 and 12 in zone 3. For a stone farmhouse, the checks to make concern the walls, timber floors and how the parts are tied together.
For houses on the Apennine slopes, the report reads the official landslide maps for the address, starting from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.
Key points
- Upper Casentino, below the shrine of La Verna.
- Average age 50.5, over-65s at 31.4%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.197 g.
- Climate zone F: ask for the bills and check the roof.
Overview
Chiusi della Verna is a municipality in the province of Arezzo, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 1,856 residents, ranked 28 of 36 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chiusi della Verna 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 0.197 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Chiusi della Verna, 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 9.8%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chiusi della Verna declared an average taxable income of 22,256 euros, below the provincial average (24,383 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Chiusi della Verna is in climate zone F, with 3,280 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 960 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Chiusi della Verna has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility, 2 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.
There are 1.6 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).
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 2.5% of the land in Chiusi della Verna, 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
Chiusi della Verna is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Toscana in 2025. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 Chiusi della Verna; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Chiusi della Verna: 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 Chiusi della Verna 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 42 inhabited census areas in Chiusi della Verna. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 81.7%
- good 18.3%
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 051015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.