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Poggiodomo: 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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For example: Via della Stella 1, Poggiodomo.

Poggiodomo, a mountain village in the Valnerina

In the mountains of the Valnerina, at around nine hundred and seventy metres, Poggiodomo is a stone village surrounded by woods and pasture, far from busy roads. Spoleto is the town for hospital, secondary schools and offices, reached after a long stretch of mountain road.

The village is tiny, and buyers almost always come for a family house to restore, a second home or a place to live in seclusion. Houses are built of stone masonry, often on several floors on sloping ground. With climate zone E winters, cold at this altitude, heating and insulation deserve careful thought.

Residents have fallen to 91 in 2023, from 135 in 2011, a drop of 32.6%. Over-65s make up 50.5%, almost twice the 26.4% for the province of Perugia, and the estimated average age is 62.8. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The main issue for buyers is earthquakes. Poggiodomo is in seismic zone 1, the most hazardous on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department, like 14 municipalities in the province, while another 44 are in zone 2. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.252 g. Before buying, you need to know whether the building has been repaired or seismically improved, with what design and inspection certificate, and whether any public grant files are open or closed.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available and the report uses them to find the land parcel; at the same coordinates it checks the official landslide and flood maps.

Key points

  • Stone village in the mountains of the Valnerina.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.252 g.
  • Over-65s at 50.5%, against 26.4% in the province.
  • 91 residents in 2023, down 32.6% since 2011.

Overview

Poggiodomo is a municipality in the province of Perugia, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 91 residents, among the smallest in the province (59 of 59).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Poggiodomo is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 14 of 59 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.252 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Poggiodomo, 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 32.6%. The estimated average age is 63 years, higher than the province average (47). 51% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 6.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Poggiodomo declared an average taxable income of 21,520 euros, below the provincial average (23,962 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Poggiodomo is in climate zone E, with 2,910 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 974 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 1.2% of the land in Poggiodomo, compared with 5.5% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

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 contaminated sites in Poggiodomo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Poggiodomo: 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 Poggiodomo 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 5 inhabited census areas in Poggiodomo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 054042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.