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Mulazzo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Massa-Carrara, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Mulazzo, Lunigiana castles and the booksellers' village

In Lunigiana, the Magra valley at the far northern tip of Tuscany, Mulazzo is a municipality made up of many small villages scattered over the hills. The main village keeps the remains of the Malaspina castle and a tower that tradition links to Dante's stay in the area. Among the hamlets is Montereggio, known as the village of the travelling booksellers, linked to the history of the Bancarella book prize. Pontremoli and Aulla are the nearest towns for services and transport.

Buying in Lunigiana nearly always means a stone house, often old and in a village with narrow lanes, with a few newer homes near the valley floor. There are also a fair number of holiday homes. Roofs, damp and access are the first things to check, along with the slope: the report looks up the official landslide maps for the address and, near the Magra and its streams, the flood maps.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 2,293 residents in 2023, down 10.6% since 2011. The average age is 51.5, above the 49.2 of the province of Massa-Carrara, and people over 65 make up 33.0%. Foreign residents account for 8.2%.

Lunigiana is a seismically active area. Mulazzo is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department scale, like 13 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.193 g. For a stone house, ask whether walls and roof have been strengthened and what paperwork backs this up.

The climate is zone E. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report reaches the plot.

Key points

  • Villages scattered over the Lunigiana hills, Magra valley.
  • Montereggio, the booksellers' village, is one of its hamlets.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.193 g.
  • Over-65s at 33.0%, average age 51.5.

Overview

Mulazzo is a municipality in the province of Massa-Carrara, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 2,293 residents, ranked 10 of 17 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mulazzo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (14 of 17) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.193 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Mulazzo, 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 10.6%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (49). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 8.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mulazzo declared an average taxable income of 21,111 euros, below the provincial average (23,864 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mulazzo is in climate zone E, with 2,365 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 351 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mulazzo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility, 2 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 4.1% of the land in Mulazzo, compared with 7.3% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Mulazzo is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Toscana in 2025. 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Mulazzo, 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 Mulazzo: 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 Mulazzo 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 53 inhabited census areas in Mulazzo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.2%
  • fair 97.2%
  • good 1.6%

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 045012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.