Naro: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Agrigento, Sicilia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Naro, a Baroque hill town east of Agrigento
On top of a hill in the Agrigento countryside, at around five hundred metres, Naro keeps a historic centre full of Baroque churches and, at its highest point, the medieval castle built by the Chiaramonte family. The town looks out over hills planted with wheat, olives and vines, between Agrigento, Canicattì and Licata.
The old centre is a maze of steep lanes, flights of steps and stone houses built against each other, many of them empty for years. Prices are low, but buyers need to budget for serious work: roofs, floors, wiring and plumbing, and often awkward access for vans and materials. Newer housing, with small blocks of flats and detached homes, sits on the edges of town and is easier to reach by car. There is no railway in Naro, and for offices, hospital care and larger shops people go to Agrigento or Canicattì.
Naro has lost a lot of people. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,971 residents in 2023, 14.0% fewer than in 2011, a drop of 1,132. Young people have moved to northern Italy and abroad. Over-65s make up 27.3%, against 24.0% in the province, and the average age is 46.9. Declared incomes are well below the average for a province that is itself below the national figure. Foreign residents make up 8.0%.
The Civil Protection Department places Naro in seismic zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.058 g in the built-up area, a low value. In a town where many houses are old and have stood closed for years, the real risk is their condition: damp, roof beams, walls that have lost strength. A survey before buying is money well spent.
On the flanks of the hill the ground can move, and the report checks landslide hazard for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Naro too.
Key points
- Baroque centre and Chiaramonte castle on the hilltop.
- Residents down 14.0% since 2011, 1,132 fewer.
- Over-65s at 27.3%, against 24.0% in the province.
- Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration (0.058 g).
Overview
Naro is a municipality in the province of Agrigento, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,971 residents, ranked 17 of 43 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Naro is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 12 of 43 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.058 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 14.0%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 8.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Naro declared an average taxable income of 14,624 euros, below the provincial average (18,027 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Naro is in climate zone C, with 1,320 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 520 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Naro has 5 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.
There are 0.3 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 3.0% of the land in Naro, compared with 5.8% 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 Naro, 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 Naro: 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 Naro 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 60 inhabited census areas in Naro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 78 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.0%
- fair 10.9%
- good 65.8%
- very good 23.3%
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 084026. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.