Pieve Santo Stefano: 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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Pieve Santo Stefano, the upper Tiber and the diary archive
Here the Tiber is still a mountain river. Pieve Santo Stefano lies in the upper Valtiberina, in the eastern part of the province of Arezzo, at just over 400 metres, with its centre on the riverbanks and the Apennines all around. A little downstream is the Montedoglio reservoir. The E45 road runs through the area, heading towards Sansepolcro and Umbria one way and Romagna the other.
The town is known across Italy for the National Diary Archive (Archivio Diaristico Nazionale), which collects diaries, letters and memoirs of ordinary people. Beyond that it is a valley town with farmland, woods and hamlets spread along the slopes, where stone buildings are the norm.
Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 2,971 residents in 2023, down 6.9% since 2011. The average age of 49.3 is above the provincial 47.6, and over-65s make up 30.9%. Foreign nationals reach 11.2%, a high share for an Apennine town. Incomes are close to the provincial average, just below it.
The Valtiberina is seismically active. Pieve Santo Stefano is in seismic zone 2 with an expected ground acceleration of 0.217 g. Before buying a stone house, have the walls and floors checked, and for a newer building find out the year of the design. For homes near the Tiber or its side streams, the report checks the official flood maps for the address. Winters are cold, climate zone E, and insulation makes a real difference to heating bills.
Key points
- Upper Tiber valley, town centre upstream of Montedoglio.
- Home of the National Diary Archive.
- 2,971 residents, foreign nationals at 11.2%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.217 g.
Overview
Pieve Santo Stefano is a municipality in the province of Arezzo, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 2,971 residents, ranked 24 of 36 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pieve Santo Stefano 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 0.217 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Pieve Santo Stefano, 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 6.9%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (48). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 11.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pieve Santo Stefano declared an average taxable income of 23,611 euros, in line with the province (24,383 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Pieve Santo Stefano is in climate zone E, with 2,297 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 431 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pieve Santo Stefano has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 healthcare facilities, 1 sports facility and 5 parks and green areas.
There are 1.7 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.0).
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 2.9% of the land in Pieve Santo Stefano, 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
Pieve Santo Stefano 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 open contaminated sites in Pieve Santo Stefano; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pieve Santo Stefano: 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 Pieve Santo Stefano 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 54 inhabited census areas in Pieve Santo Stefano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 3.5%
- fair 60.1%
- good 23.9%
- very good 12.4%
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 051030. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.