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Corleone: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Francesco Crispi 1, Corleone.

Corleone, a rocky inland town south of Palermo

The name Corleone has travelled the world for decades thanks to the novel and film The Godfather, which gave its main character the town's name. The real place is something else: a farming town inland, about sixty kilometres south of Palermo, built at around 550 metres among outcrops of rock, with many churches, steep lanes and a waterfall, the Due Rocche, a short walk from the centre. The municipality also includes the hamlet of Ficuzza, with the Bourbon royal hunting lodge, and the woodland that climbs towards the Rocca Busambra ridge.

Buyers here usually want either a house in town, where prices are low compared with Palermo, or a country property. Homes in the centre are often old stone buildings, several narrow storeys high, reached by steep streets. At this altitude winters are cool (climate zone D), so heating and insulation matter more than on the coast.

At the end of 2023 there were 10,279 residents, down 8.9% since 2011, and the mean age of 44.9 is in line with the province. People over 65 make up 23.3% and foreign residents only 1.5%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average, which includes Palermo. Recorded services include 10 school buildings and 9 supermarkets, the latter proportionally more than the provincial average.

Almost the whole province of Palermo is in seismic zone 2, on the national scale from 1 (highest) to 4 set by the Civil Protection Department, and Corleone is no exception: zone 2, like 81 of 82 municipalities, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.135 g. For an old masonry house, have a surveyor look at the load-bearing walls and floors before you commit.

Among rocks and slopes, the exact location makes a big difference. The report checks slope, landslide hazard and flooding along the streams for the address, and finds the plot on the cadastral maps, which the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes for Corleone too.

Key points

  • Farming town among rocks, about sixty km south of Palermo.
  • Population down 8.9% since 2011, 23.3% over 65.
  • Seismic zone 2, like 81 municipalities in the province.
  • Old stone houses: have walls and floors checked.

Overview

Corleone is a municipality in the province of Palermo, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 10,279 residents, ranked 18 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Corleone is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.135 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Corleone, 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 8.9%. 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 1.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Corleone declared an average taxable income of 17,011 euros, below the provincial average (21,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Corleone is in climate zone D, with 1,481 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 542 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Corleone has 10 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 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 2.3% of the land in Corleone, compared with 5.7% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Corleone, and 2 more have 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 Corleone: 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 Corleone 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 82 inhabited census areas in Corleone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 80 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 8.2%
  • good 38.1%
  • very good 53.7%

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 082034. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.