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Resuttano: what to know before buying a home

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

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Resuttano, a farming village in inland Sicily

Resuttano is a municipality in inland Sicily, in the northern part of the province of Caltanissetta, among hills planted with wheat, grazing land and roads that climb and drop along the slopes. The village is small and compact, with masonry houses gathered around the mother church and the square.

People who buy here usually have a link to the place: emigrant families coming back, heirs deciding whether to keep their parents' house, or buyers looking for a low-cost home in the interior of the island. The provincial capital and larger towns are reached by car, and for a hospital or secondary school you need to travel. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The fall in population is steep. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,720 residents in 2023, 19.6% fewer than in 2011, or 419 people. The average age is 49.6 against 45.2 in the province, over-65s are 30.9% and foreign residents 0.9%.

Resuttano is in seismic zone 2, like 4 municipalities in the province; the other 18 are in zone 3. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.093 g. Older houses have often been extended upwards over the years, so check that any added floors were authorised and properly built.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. In hill country the report checks the gradient and the official landslide maps for the address, and traces it back to the land parcel for the cadastral data.

Key points

  • Farming village in the north of the province of Caltanissetta.
  • Residents down 19.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.093 g.
  • Houses extended over time: check added floors were authorised.

Overview

Resuttano is a municipality in the province of Caltanissetta, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,720 residents, ranked 16 of 22 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Resuttano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 4 of 22 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.093 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Resuttano, 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 19.6%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (45). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 0.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Resuttano declared an average taxable income of 16,476 euros, below the provincial average (19,090 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Resuttano is in climate zone D, with 1,572 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 600 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Resuttano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 3.2% of the land in Resuttano, compared with 4.8% in the province and 6.6% 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 Resuttano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Resuttano: 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 Resuttano 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 14 inhabited census areas in Resuttano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 23.0%
  • good 77.0%

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 085014. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.