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Costacciaro: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Perugia, Umbria. 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 Pietro Fauni 1, Costacciaro.

Costacciaro, at the foot of Monte Cucco on the Via Flaminia

Monte Cucco, with its regional park, its caves and the meadows where hang-gliders and paragliders take off, is Costacciaro's mountain. The village lies at its foot, at around 570 metres, along the Via Flaminia, in the Apennine belt of north-eastern Umbria, in the province of Perugia, near the border with the Marche region.

The old centre is small, with stone houses gathered along the main street; outside it there are more recent homes and scattered houses towards the mountain. A house here can be a base for hiking or a home in a quiet village, but bear in mind that the hospital, secondary schools and jobs are in the larger towns of the area, by car. The climate zone is E, with cold winters. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

In 2023 there were 1,046 residents, 18.5% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 52.0 against 47.4 for the province, and over-65s make up 33.3%, above the provincial 26.4%. Foreign nationals account for 6.0%.

In the province of Perugia, 14 municipalities are in seismic zone 1 and 44 in zone 2; Costacciaro is in zone 2, but with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.203 g, a high value. For a house in the old centre, ask what structural work was carried out after the earthquakes that have hit Umbria in recent decades, and under which permits.

The land registry is published: with the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps the report traces the address to its land parcel. At the foot of the mountain, slope and landslide hazard differ between the village and the scattered houses, and are checked spot by spot on the official maps.

Key points

  • Village at the foot of Monte Cucco, on the Via Flaminia.
  • Seismic zone 2, high expected acceleration: 0.203 g.
  • Population down 18.5% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 33.3%, against 26.4% in the province.

Overview

Costacciaro is a municipality in the province of Perugia, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,046 residents, ranked 49 of 59 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Costacciaro is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (44 of 59) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.203 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Costacciaro, 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 18.5%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (47). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Costacciaro declared an average taxable income of 21,129 euros, below the provincial average (23,962 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Costacciaro is in climate zone E, with 2,403 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 567 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Costacciaro has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility and 3 parks and green areas.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 2.7% of the land in Costacciaro, compared with 5.5% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Costacciaro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Costacciaro: 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 Costacciaro 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 27 inhabited census areas in Costacciaro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 56.5%
  • good 43.5%

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 054016. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.