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Comitini: 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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Comitini, a village in the Agrigento hinterland

Away from the coast and the temples, the country inland from Agrigento is a landscape of hills under wheat, almond trees and olives, with villages gathered on the high ground. Comitini is one of them, at around 350 metres, a small farming centre from which people drive down to Agrigento for hospital, secondary schools and offices.

The population is younger than you might expect in a small inland municipality: the average age is 45.1, against 45.6 for the province, and over-65s are 22.6% (24.0% in the province). Households are fairly large, with 2.45 members on average. Numbers are falling, though: Istat, the national statistics office, counted 836 residents at the end of 2023, down 11.4% since 2011.

Buyers will find village houses on two or three floors, often with the ground floor used for storage, and a few country houses. The climate zone is C, with short winters: protection from summer heat matters more than heating, so look for thick walls, an insulated roof and shade.

Seismic classification varies across the province of Agrigento: 3 municipalities are in zone 1, 27 in zone 2 and 12 in zone 3. Comitini is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.061 g. Even so, for a masonry house with storeys added over the years it is worth having the work checked.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and the report works from the address to the land parcel. On the clay hills inland, the landslide areas on the official maps are checked for the plot.

Key points

  • Farming village inland from Agrigento, at around 350 metres.
  • Average age 45.1, against 45.6 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.061 g.
  • Multi-storey houses: check any added floors.

Overview

Comitini is a municipality in the province of Agrigento, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 836 residents, among the smallest in the province (43 of 43).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Comitini is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 12 of 43 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.061 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 11.4%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 6.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Comitini declared an average taxable income of 17,755 euros, in line with the province (18,027 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Comitini is in climate zone C, with 1,077 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 350 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Comitini has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 3.7% of the land in Comitini, compared with 5.8% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

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 Comitini.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Comitini: 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 Comitini 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 13 inhabited census areas in Comitini. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 37.4%
  • good 62.6%

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 084016. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.