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Levanto: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of La Spezia, Liguria. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Levanto, a beach town just before the Cinque Terre

Levanto is the last town on the Riviera di Levante before the Cinque Terre, filling the floor of a small valley that opens onto the sea, north-west of Monterosso. Hills terraced with olives and vines rise around it, and in front there is a beach that is long by the standards of this coast. The old centre keeps stretches of its medieval walls and the church of Sant'Andrea, with a facade striped in light and dark stone.

The Genoa-La Spezia railway has a station in town, busy in summer with visitors heading for the Cinque Terre. The old line along the cliffs towards Bonassola and Framura has become a cycling and walking path that runs almost entirely through tunnels.

Tourism shapes the housing market. Some homes are second homes or short lets, and the town looks very different in summer and winter. If you plan to live here all year, look at parking, which shops stay open in the colder months and access to hillside houses, often served by narrow lanes or reachable only on foot. In older buildings near the sea, damp and salt air wear down plaster and balcony ironwork.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 5,100 residents (2023), down 7.4% on 2011. The average age is 51.0, against 48.6 in the province of La Spezia, over-65s make up 32.1% and households have 2.00 people on average.

Levanto is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 24 other municipalities in the province, while 7 are in zone 2; the expected ground acceleration is about 0.113 g. Water is the more practical issue: the town sits at the mouth of steep streams, and terraced slopes slip when their dry stone walls are neglected. The report checks the official maps for the address, and the Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Station on the Genoa-La Spezia line, tunnel cycle path to Bonassola.
  • Many second homes: the town empties in winter.
  • 5,100 residents, average age 51.0.
  • Seismic zone 3; streams and slopes checked by address.

Overview

Levanto is a municipality in the province of La Spezia, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 5,100 residents, ranked 11 of 32 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Levanto is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (25 of 32) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.113 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 7.4%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 5.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Levanto declared an average taxable income of 23,753 euros, below the provincial average (25,530 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Levanto is in climate zone D, with 1,413 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 3 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Levanto has 4 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.

There are 1.4 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 5.0% of the land in Levanto, compared with 8.0% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Levanto is not among the radon priority areas designated 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 Levanto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Levanto: 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 Levanto 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 41 inhabited census areas in Levanto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 22.9%
  • good 39.2%
  • very good 37.9%

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 011017. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.