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Cianciana: what to know before buying a home

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

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Cianciana, a hill village in inland Agrigento province

Far from the coast, in the hilly interior of the province of Agrigento, Cianciana is built on high ground at around 390 metres, with sloping streets and houses pressed against one another. The countryside around is olive and almond groves and arable fields, with few scattered houses.

People buying here usually want an affordable village house, sometimes as a second home, or are returning to a family place. Houses are masonry, often on two or three narrow floors, with terraces and ground-floor storerooms. If the house has stood empty for a long time, before buying have the roof, floors, damp and systems checked, and make sure the cadastral records match the actual state of the house. For the hospital and larger services you drive to the bigger towns of the province.

The population decline is steep: 3,040 residents in 2023, 13.6% fewer than in 2011. The mean age is 49.4 against 45.6 for the province, and over-65s make up 29.5%. Foreign residents are 5.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average; 2 pharmacies are listed in the village.

Cianciana is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 26 other municipalities in the province, although the expected ground acceleration in the village, 0.071 g, is a low value for that class. In old masonry houses, find out whether any structural work has been done and how walls and floors are tied together. The climate is zone C, with hot summers. The Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published, and the report adds the official landslide maps for the address.

Key points

  • Hill village in the interior of Agrigento province.
  • Masonry houses: check roof, floors and systems first.
  • 3,040 residents, down 13.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.071 g.

Overview

Cianciana is a municipality in the province of Agrigento, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 3,040 residents, ranked 29 of 43 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cianciana is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (27 of 43) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.071 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cianciana, 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 13.6%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (46). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 5.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cianciana declared an average taxable income of 16,625 euros, below the provincial average (18,027 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cianciana is in climate zone C, with 1,106 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 390 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cianciana has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets and 2 healthcare facilities.

There are 1.3 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more 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 3.8% of the land in Cianciana, compared with 5.8% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.9 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 open contaminated sites in Cianciana; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cianciana: 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 Cianciana 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 22 inhabited census areas in Cianciana. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 4.9%
  • good 95.1%

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 084015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.