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Nocera Umbra: 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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Nocera Umbra, a hilltop town on the Via Flaminia

Nocera Umbra is a name most Italians know from mineral water, which rises from springs in the municipality. The town itself stands on a hill in the Umbrian Apennines at around five hundred metres, above the upper Topino valley and along the Via Flaminia, between Foligno to the south and Gualdo Tadino to the north. The municipality covers a large area, with dozens of hamlets and scattered houses among hills and mountains.

The old town on the hilltop went through years of strengthening and restoration after earthquake damage in the late 1990s, and it now sits alongside newer districts built lower down, near the road and the station on the Foligno to Fabriano line. Buyers choose between a house in the old centre, one in a hamlet or one in the newer areas, each with very different upkeep and travel times. The climate is zone E, with cold winters.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 5,530 residents in 2023, down 7.1% on 2011. The population is old: an average age of 49.8 against 47.4 for the province, with over-65s at 30.1%. Foreign residents make up 10.3%. There are quite a lot of school sites for a town of this size, 9, partly because they serve a wide area.

Earthquakes are the main issue. Nocera Umbra is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 43 other municipalities in the province of Perugia, while 14 are in zone 1. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.234 g, a high value. For any property, ask for the paperwork on reconstruction or seismic upgrading, the building permits and any public grants received.

The land is mountainous, with steep slopes and small streams. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps at the address and traces the plot on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Hilltop town on the Via Flaminia, at about five hundred metres.
  • 5,530 residents, down 7.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.234 g.
  • Ask for records of seismic upgrading on any property.

Overview

Nocera Umbra is a municipality in the province of Perugia, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 5,530 residents, ranked 23 of 59 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Nocera Umbra 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 0.234 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Nocera Umbra, 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 7.1%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 10.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Nocera Umbra declared an average taxable income of 20,671 euros, below the provincial average (23,962 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Nocera Umbra is in climate zone E, with 2,318 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 520 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Nocera Umbra has 9 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 4 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.4 healthcare facilities 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 4.7% of the land in Nocera Umbra, compared with 5.5% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 9.3 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Nocera Umbra.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Nocera Umbra: 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 Nocera Umbra 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 102 inhabited census areas in Nocera Umbra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 5.9%
  • fair 34.3%
  • good 54.9%
  • very good 4.9%

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 054034. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.