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Gubbio: 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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For example: Via dell'Assino 1, Gubbio.

Gubbio, the stone town below Monte Ingino

Gubbio climbs the slopes of Monte Ingino above a green basin in north-eastern Umbria. The medieval centre is built entirely of grey stone, with the Palazzo dei Consoli and its raised piazza looking out over the valley. The town keeps the Iguvine Tablets, bronze inscriptions in ancient Umbrian, and every 15 May the Festa dei Ceri sees three tall wooden structures raced up to the basilica of Sant'Ubaldo at the top of the mountain. The municipality covers one of the largest areas in Italy, with dozens of hamlets and scattered houses.

Living in the historic centre means sloping streets, steps, little parking and stone houses often spread over several narrow floors. Those who want convenience look at the newer, flat districts on the plain below the town. In the countryside there are farmhouses (casali) and smallholdings that also draw buyers from abroad. Gubbio has no railway station: the nearest is Fossato di Vico-Gubbio, on the Rome to Ancona line. The town stands at around 500 metres, in climate zone E, and winters are cold, so heating and insulation weigh heavily on running costs.

There were 30,388 residents in 2023, down 6.3% on 2011. The population is older than that of the province of Perugia: an average age of 48.1 against 47.4, with over-65s at 27.4% against 26.4%. Foreign nationals make up 6.2%, and average incomes are slightly below the provincial figure.

Umbria knows earthquakes well, and the province of Perugia has 14 municipalities in zone 1 of the Civil Protection classification. Gubbio is in zone 2, but the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.229 g, a high value. With stone houses in the centre and in the countryside, find out whether seismic improvement work was carried out after the crises of recent decades, ask for the paperwork, and have a surveyor check walls and roofs.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, so the report finds the plot from the address. On the mountain slopes and in the stream valleys it checks landslide and flood hazard on the official maps.

Key points

  • Medieval stone town climbing Monte Ingino.
  • No station: the nearest is Fossato di Vico-Gubbio.
  • Seismic zone 2, but high expected acceleration, about 0.229 g.
  • Population down 6.3% since 2011, over-65s at 27.4%.

Overview

Gubbio is a municipality in the province of Perugia, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 30,388 residents, among the most populous in the province (5 of 59).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gubbio 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 0.229 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Gubbio, 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 6.3%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gubbio declared an average taxable income of 22,663 euros, below the provincial average (23,962 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Gubbio is in climate zone E, with 2,357 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 522 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Gubbio has 33 schools and 9 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 29 grocery shops and supermarkets, 19 healthcare facilities, 20 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

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 3.5% of the land in Gubbio, compared with 5.5% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 14.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

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 Gubbio, 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 Gubbio: 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 Gubbio 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 357 inhabited census areas in Gubbio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 29.5%
  • good 34.5%
  • very good 33.6%
  • excellent 2.2%

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

ISTAT code 054024. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.