Forte dei Marmi: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Lucca, Toscana. 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 Giuseppe Mazzini 1, Forte dei Marmi.
Forte dei Marmi, villas and beach clubs below the Apuan Alps
The small fort that gives the town its name was built in the late eighteenth century under the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and marble from the Apuan Alps was loaded onto ships from this beach. Today Forte dei Marmi is one of the most expensive seaside resorts in Italy. It sits on the Versilia coast in the province of Lucca, between Pietrasanta and Montignoso, already in the province of Massa-Carrara, with the Apuan Alps rising a few kilometres inland.
The housing market follows its own rules. It is mostly villas with gardens, many lived in only during the summer, and few affordable flats; people who work in the town often live in neighbouring municipalities. Trains stop at Forte dei Marmi-Seravezza-Querceta station on the Tyrrhenian coast line, and the A12 motorway is a few minutes away. The land is flat and almost entirely built up, with houses, tree-lined avenues and beach establishments.
Residents are falling quickly: 6,777 in 2023, down 11.5% on 2011. The population is also much older than the provincial average, with an average age of 52.2 against 48.1 and over-65s at 33.7%. Households are small, 2.01 people on average, and declared incomes are far above the provincial average.
The municipality is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection department's map, one of only 11 in the province of Lucca; the other 22, inland, are in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration is about 0.128 g. For a villa from the 1960s or 1970s, have the structure and services checked before buying and make sure any extensions or annexes have planning consent.
Behind the beach, the Versilia plain is crossed by ditches and canals, so flood hazard has to be read for the individual address, which is what the report does. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the plot can be traced.
Key points
- Versilia coast between Pietrasanta and Montignoso.
- Population down 11.5% since 2011, average age 52.2.
- Seismic zone 3, acceleration about 0.128 g.
- Railway station and A12 motorway close by.
Overview
Forte dei Marmi is a municipality in the province of Lucca, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 6,777 residents, ranked 11 of 33 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Forte dei Marmi is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 11 of 33 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.128 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 11.5%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Forte dei Marmi declared an average taxable income of 40,249 euros, above the provincial average (24,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Forte dei Marmi is in climate zone D, with 1,402 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 2 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Forte dei Marmi has 8 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 12 healthcare facilities, 30 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.
There are 1.3 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).
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 46.2% of the land in Forte dei Marmi, compared with 9.2% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Forte dei Marmi is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Toscana in 2025. 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Forte dei Marmi, and one more has 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 Forte dei Marmi: 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 Forte dei Marmi 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 45 inhabited census areas in Forte dei Marmi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 84.0%
- good 16.0%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Toscana, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 046013. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.