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Orciano Pisano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pisa, Toscana. 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: Via Roma 1, Orciano Pisano.

Orciano Pisano, hills between Pisa and the Livorno coast

Orciano Pisano covers a stretch of low hills that look towards the coast around Livorno, in Tuscany. The village is just over 100 metres up, surrounded by fields, woods and farms; the climate zone is D, with mild winters. For work and services residents drive towards Pisa, Livorno and the coast.

The population is steady. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 639 residents, up 0.6% on 2011, in practice the same as then. The average age is 49.5 against 46.9 in the province, over-65s are 28.0% and foreign residents 6.9%. Average declared income is below the provincial level.

The market here is houses in the small village and farmhouses (casolari) in the countryside, some already restored and others waiting for it. With a Tuscan hill farmhouse, what matters is access by unsurfaced road, the water supply (mains or well), drainage, and whether outbuildings and extensions comply with planning rules: checks to make with a surveyor before signing a preliminary contract.

Seismic risk is moderate and the same across the province. All 37 municipalities are in zone 3 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, and in Orciano the expected ground acceleration is about 0.139 g. In stone farmhouses, look at the state of the roofs and timber floors.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the whole municipality, so the report traces the address back to the plot. On slopes and near ditches it reads the official landslide and flood maps for that spot.

Key points

  • Low hills in the province of Pisa, towards the Livorno coast.
  • 639 residents, almost the same as in 2011.
  • Over-65s at 28.0%, foreign residents 6.9%.
  • Seismic zone 3, like the whole province of Pisa.

Overview

Orciano Pisano is a municipality in the province of Pisa, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 639 residents, among the smallest in the province (37 of 37).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Orciano Pisano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 37 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.139 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 6.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Orciano Pisano declared an average taxable income of 21,331 euros, below the provincial average (25,727 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Orciano Pisano is in climate zone D, with 1,743 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 122 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Orciano Pisano has 1 school and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 3.1 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

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 5.1% of the land in Orciano Pisano, compared with 7.0% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Orciano Pisano 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 no contaminated sites in Orciano Pisano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Orciano Pisano: 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 Orciano Pisano 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 13 inhabited census areas in Orciano Pisano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.3%
  • fair 46.4%
  • good 53.2%

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 050023. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.