Ortignano Raggiolo: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Arezzo, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Ortignano Raggiolo, chestnut woods on the Pratomagno
Two villages give the municipality its name: Ortignano and Raggiolo, a stone village on the Casentino side of the Pratomagno ridge, surrounded by chestnut woods. This is the Casentino, the upper Arno valley in the province of Arezzo, where chestnuts were the backbone of the economy for centuries; in Raggiolo an ecomuseum tells the story.
Daily life looks to the valley-floor towns for schools, shops and work, and to Arezzo for hospital and offices. Homes for sale are mostly stone buildings in the villages and isolated farmhouses: attractive, but with narrow lanes, slopes and often systems that need replacing. The climate zone is E.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 837 residents at the end of 2023, down 4.7% since 2011. The average age is 49.6 (47.6 for the province) and over-65s are 29.6%, against 26.6% province-wide.
The Casentino is a seismic area to take seriously: Ortignano Raggiolo is in zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 23 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.163 g. For a stone house, ask whether any strengthening work has been done and, before making an offer, have a surveyor look at floors, roof and the ties between walls.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and the report links the address to its land parcel. On the Pratomagno slopes, landslides and surface water are read on the official maps for the individual plot.
Key points
- Two villages in the Casentino, on the Pratomagno slopes.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.163 g.
- Over-65s at 29.6%, against 26.6% in the province.
- Stone houses: check strengthening work and systems.
Overview
Ortignano Raggiolo is a municipality in the province of Arezzo, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 837 residents, among the smallest in the province (34 of 36).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ortignano Raggiolo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (24 of 36) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Ortignano Raggiolo, 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 4.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 3.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ortignano Raggiolo declared an average taxable income of 23,162 euros, below the provincial average (24,383 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Ortignano Raggiolo is in climate zone E, with 2,377 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 483 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ortignano Raggiolo has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 2.2% of the land in Ortignano Raggiolo, compared with 5.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Ortignano Raggiolo 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 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 no open contaminated sites in Ortignano Raggiolo; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ortignano Raggiolo: 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 Ortignano Raggiolo 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 11 inhabited census areas in Ortignano Raggiolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 19.6%
- fair 80.4%
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.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Toscana, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- 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 051027. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.