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Contessa Entellina: what to know before buying a home

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

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Contessa Entellina, an Arbëreshë village above the Belice valley

Contessa Entellina is one of Sicily's Arbëreshë villages, where part of the community keeps the Albanian language and the Byzantine rite in church life. It lies inland in the province of Palermo, on hills overlooking the Belice valley, and within its territory stands the Rocca d'Entella, a high rock with the archaeological site of the ancient city that gave the village its name.

This is a farming municipality, surrounded by wheat fields, vineyards and olive groves, well away from the main roads. Palermo can be reached by car, but it is not a journey to take lightly every day: buyers here usually want a country or village house at low prices, or are returning to where their family came from.

The fall in population is steep: there are 1,473 residents, 21.0% fewer than in 2011, or 392 people. The average age is 49.8 against 44.7 for the province, and over-65s make up 32.0%, against 22.8%. Average incomes are below the provincial level.

Contessa Entellina is in seismic zone 1 on the Civil Protection scale. In the province of Palermo, 1 municipalities are in zone 1 and 81 in zone 2; the expected ground acceleration here is 0.154 g. The Belice valley was struck by the 1968 earthquake and many houses were rebuilt afterwards, so ask for the year of construction and the structural paperwork.

The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address and gives the cadastral details of the land parcel.

Key points

  • Arbëreshë village on the hills of the Belice valley.
  • 1,473 residents, down 21.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.154 g.
  • Over-65s at 32.0% against 22.8% in the province.

Overview

Contessa Entellina is a municipality in the province of Palermo, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,473 residents, ranked 67 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Contessa Entellina is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. It is the only municipality in the province in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.154 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Contessa Entellina, 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 21.0%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 0.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Contessa Entellina declared an average taxable income of 15,671 euros, below the provincial average (21,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Contessa Entellina is in climate zone D, with 1,588 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 571 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Contessa Entellina has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 1.4% of the land in Contessa Entellina, compared with 5.7% 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 open contaminated sites in Contessa Entellina; 4 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Contessa Entellina: 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 Contessa Entellina 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 Contessa Entellina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 082033. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.