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Leonforte: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Enna, Sicilia. 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: Corso Umberto Primo 1, Leonforte.

Leonforte, the Granfonte and the Erei hills of inland Sicily

The Branciforte princes founded Leonforte in the seventeenth century on a hill in the Erei range, in the middle of Sicily, north-east of Enna and at over six hundred metres. The town's landmark is the Granfonte, a long monumental fountain with twenty-four spouts. The land around is farmed with fields, olive groves and orchards, known for a late-ripening peach grown in paper bags on the tree.

The old centre has a regular street plan, with roads running down the slope, noble palazzi and many stone houses that stand empty or need work. There is a wide choice of houses to renovate precisely because the town has lost people. To reach Enna, Catania and the rest of the island you mostly need a car.

The population has fallen sharply. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 12,191 residents in 2023 against 13,878 in 2011, a drop of 12.2%. Even so, the town is not among the oldest in the area: the estimated average age is 44.8 against 46.4 for the province, with over-65s at 22.8%. There are few foreign residents, 1.2%. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Enna.

Nearly the whole province is in seismic zone 2 (18 of 20 municipalities). Leonforte is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.098 g. For stone houses in the centre, often shut up for years, have the load-bearing walls, timber floors and roof checked before buying, and get a quote for the work.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report reaches the plot from the address. On the slope the town is built on, and in the clay soils of inland Sicily, landslides are a hazard to check address by address.

Key points

  • Seventeenth-century town in the Erei hills, with the Granfonte fountain.
  • Population down 12.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.098 g.
  • Plenty of stone houses to renovate in the old centre.

Overview

Leonforte is a municipality in the province of Enna, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 12,191 residents, ranked 4 of 20 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Leonforte is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (18 of 20) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.098 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Leonforte, 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 12.2%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (46). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 1.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Leonforte declared an average taxable income of 17,262 euros, below the provincial average (18,393 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Leonforte is in climate zone D, with 1,576 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 603 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Leonforte has 11 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 3.9% of the land in Leonforte, compared with 3.2% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Leonforte, 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 Leonforte: 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 Leonforte 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 72 inhabited census areas in Leonforte. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 80 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.4%
  • good 46.2%
  • very good 52.4%

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 086011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.