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Dicomano: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Vittorio Veneto 1, Dicomano.

Dicomano, on the Sieve below the Muraglione pass

Dicomano is the eastern Mugello town where the road to the Muraglione pass and Romagna begins. It sits on the floor of the Sieve valley at around a hundred and sixty metres, with a compact centre around the main square and a territory of hills, woods and scattered farms. Very little of the municipality's land is built on.

For anyone working in Florence, the railway is the main asset: Dicomano station is on the line from Borgo San Lorenzo to Pontassieve, where you continue into the city. By car you follow the Sieve along the main road. House prices are lower than in the towns closer to Florence, and average declared incomes are clearly below the metropolitan average.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,534 residents in 2023, down 2.4% on 2011. The average age is 47.0, a little below the provincial 47.3; over-65s make up 25.3% and foreign residents 13.6%. Services are those of a small town: 3 school sites and 2 supermarkets.

The Mugello is one of the most earthquake-prone parts of Tuscany. Dicomano is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, along with 12 other municipalities in the province of Florence, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.196 g, on the high side. For a stone house or a country farmhouse, find out whether it has been strengthened, how the walls are tied to the floors and what the roof is like; in a block of flats, ask for the construction date and any structural surveys.

Along the Sieve and the streams that feed it, some low-lying areas can flood, and the hillsides have landslides worth watching. The report checks the official maps at the address and uses the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps to find the plot.

Key points

  • On the Sieve valley floor, where the road to the Muraglione pass starts.
  • Station on the Borgo San Lorenzo to Pontassieve line, towards Florence.
  • 5,534 residents, down 2.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.196 g.

Overview

Dicomano is a municipality in the province of Firenze, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 5,534 residents, ranked 33 of 41 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Dicomano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 13 of 41 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.196 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Dicomano, 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 2.4%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 13.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Dicomano declared an average taxable income of 21,946 euros, below the provincial average (27,023 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Dicomano is in climate zone D, with 2,012 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 162 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Dicomano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 2 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

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 3.3% of the land in Dicomano, compared with 7.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Dicomano is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Toscana in 2025. 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 Dicomano; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Dicomano: 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 Dicomano 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 50 inhabited census areas in Dicomano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 27.1%
  • fair 72.9%

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 048013. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.