Gualdo Cattaneo: 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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Gualdo Cattaneo, the castle and the Sagrantino hills
Vineyards, olive groves and stone villages on gentle hills: Gualdo Cattaneo lies between the Umbrian valley around Foligno and Bevagna and the middle Tiber valley towards Todi. The main village, at around 450 metres, is gathered round a castle with a triangular plan. The area is part of the Montefalco Sagrantino wine zone, and much of the land is farmed.
The municipality is large and split into many hamlets, some on the hills and others down in the valleys. Buyers find farmhouses to restore, village houses and newer homes along the country roads. You need a car for almost everything: the reference towns are Foligno, Todi and Perugia. The village has 3 pharmacies and 6 school sites, and the report works out the real distances from each address to services.
The hills are losing people. There were 5,616 residents in 2023, down 10.5% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office, with an average age of 48.7 against 47.4 for the province. Over-65s make up 28.0% (26.4% provincially) and foreign residents 14.1%, a high share for a hill town. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Umbria is earthquake country. In the province of Perugia, 14 municipalities are in the highest class; Gualdo Cattaneo is in seismic zone 2, like 43 others, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.181 g. For a farmhouse or stone house, ask whether repair or strengthening work was done after the earthquakes of recent decades, under which permits and with which public grants.
On the hillsides, landslide hazard changes from one property to the next, and the report checks it for the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the plot can be traced, which helps with a farmhouse that comes with land.
Key points
- Hills between the Umbrian valley and Todi, in Sagrantino country.
- Population down 10.5% since 2011, average age 48.7.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.181 g.
- Stone farmhouses: ask about post-earthquake work and permits.
Overview
Gualdo Cattaneo is a municipality in the province of Perugia, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 5,616 residents, ranked 22 of 59 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gualdo Cattaneo 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 0.181 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Gualdo Cattaneo, 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 10.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 14.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gualdo Cattaneo declared an average taxable income of 20,908 euros, below the provincial average (23,962 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Gualdo Cattaneo is in climate zone E, with 2,243 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 446 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Gualdo Cattaneo has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 4.8% of the land in Gualdo Cattaneo, compared with 5.5% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.8 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Gualdo Cattaneo.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Gualdo Cattaneo: 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 Gualdo Cattaneo 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 73 inhabited census areas in Gualdo Cattaneo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 32.8%
- good 67.2%
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.
- 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 054022. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.