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Giustenice: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Savona, Liguria. 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 Trieste 1, Giustenice.

Giustenice, olive groves and hills behind Pietra Ligure

Giustenice lies in the hills behind Pietra Ligure, on the western Riviera in the province of Savona: a municipality of hamlets and scattered houses among olive groves, vegetable gardens and woods, with the sea a few minutes' drive away.

For buyers, the appeal is having the coast close by without living in the Riviera traffic: work, schools and services are in Pietra Ligure and the other coastal towns, with the railway and the A10 motorway within easy reach. Homes are villas with land, rustic buildings and old Ligurian stone houses, often on terraces. The climate zone is D and average declared income is below the provincial figure.

There were 1,013 residents in 2023, according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 7.1% on 2011. The average age is 49.5, almost the same as the province (49.7), and over-65s make up 29.8%. Foreign residents account for 3.2%.

The province of Savona has municipalities in three different seismic zones. Giustenice is in zone 3, like 45 others, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.090 g. For houses built on terraces with dry-stone walls, check the retaining walls and how rainwater drains away.

The municipality has Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, which the report uses to go from the address to the land parcel. On terraced slopes and near streams it also checks the official landslide and flood maps.

Key points

  • Hills behind Pietra Ligure, with hamlets and scattered houses.
  • Population up 7.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.090 g.
  • Houses on terraces: check the retaining walls.

Overview

Giustenice is a municipality in the province of Savona, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,013 residents, ranked 40 of 69 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Giustenice is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (46 of 69) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.090 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 grown by 7.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Giustenice declared an average taxable income of 21,713 euros, below the provincial average (24,469 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Giustenice is in climate zone D, with 1,696 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 140 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Giustenice has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 2.4% of the land in Giustenice, compared with 6.7% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Giustenice is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Liguria in 2026. 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 contaminated sites in Giustenice.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Giustenice: 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 Giustenice 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 19 inhabited census areas in Giustenice. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.4%
  • fair 83.5%
  • good 13.1%

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 009031. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.