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Pitigliano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Grosseto, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Pitigliano, the tuff cliff and 'little Jerusalem'

Coming in on the road from Manciano, you see Pitigliano all at once: tall houses built on the edge of a cliff of tuff, the soft volcanic stone of the area, above the valleys of the Lente and Meleta streams. This is inland Maremma, in the tuff country on the border with Lazio. The town is known as "little Jerusalem" for the Jewish community that lived here for centuries, and the synagogue and old ghetto quarter survive; around the town run the vie cave, Etruscan sunken lanes cut into the rock.

Tourism shows in the data: 47 bars and restaurants, 13.26 per 1,000 residents against 9.28 in the province of Grosseto. For buyers, houses in the old town often have cellars and caves dug into the tuff, steep stairs and little room for a car; off the cliff there are newer homes and farms in the countryside among vineyards and olive groves. Many properties in the centre are holiday homes.

Pitigliano is ageing and losing people. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 3,545 residents in 2023, down 8.4% since 2011, with an average age of 51.1 against 49.1 for the province and over-65s at 32.4%. Foreign residents account for 5.4%. Average declared incomes are below the provincial level.

The province of Grosseto has municipalities in three different seismic zones, as classified by the Civil Protection Department (the national emergency agency). Pitigliano is in zone 3, like 15 others, with an expected acceleration of about 0.139 g. The more specific hazard here is the cliff itself: tuff erodes, and the rock face can slip or shed blocks.

For a house right on the edge, ask about any stabilisation work carried out on the cliff face below. The report checks the official landslide and rock-fall maps for the address and, using the cadastral maps published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), reaches the building's plot.

Key points

  • Town on a tuff cliff above the Lente and Meleta valleys.
  • 47 bars and restaurants, above the provincial rate.
  • 3,545 residents in 2023, over-65s at 32.4%.
  • Seismic zone 3; on the cliff edge, rock falls matter.

Overview

Pitigliano is a municipality in the province of Grosseto, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 3,545 residents, ranked 15 of 28 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pitigliano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (16 of 28) 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 resident population has fallen by 8.4%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 5.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pitigliano declared an average taxable income of 19,843 euros, below the provincial average (22,706 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pitigliano is in climate zone E, with 2,195 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 313 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pitigliano has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.6 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

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 2.8% of the land in Pitigliano, compared with 3.2% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pitigliano is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 Pitigliano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pitigliano: 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 Pitigliano 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 38 inhabited census areas in Pitigliano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 87 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 14.2%
  • good 14.7%
  • very good 59.3%
  • excellent 11.8%

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 053019. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.