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Riccò del Golfo di Spezia: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of La Spezia, Liguria. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Aurelia 3, Riccò del Golfo di Spezia.

Riccò del Golfo, the hills behind La Spezia

Behind La Spezia, beyond the hills that close off the gulf to the north, Riccò del Golfo di Spezia stretches across a series of hamlets among woods, olive groves and small stone clusters. Despite the gulf in its name, it has no coastline: the sea is a short drive away, and La Spezia is where people work, study and go to hospital.

Much of the municipality works as a residential area for the city. You will find detached houses with land, modern villas and old village houses, often on terraces and reached by narrow lanes. Compared with La Spezia you gain space and greenery, and in exchange you depend on the car and a few more bends in the road. Average declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Unlike many small municipalities, this one is growing: 3,596 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 1.7% on 2011. The average age of 47.5 is lower than in the province of La Spezia (48.6), and over-65s make up 25.3% against 27.8%. Foreign residents account for 4.2%.

The province of La Spezia has 7 municipalities in seismic zone 2 and 25 in zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale; Riccò is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.123 g. For stone houses on terraced land, have a surveyor look at the walls and at the garden retaining walls, which often hold up the road as well.

Liguria has steep slopes and short streams that rise quickly in autumn storms. The report checks both the landslide and the flood maps at the address and, with the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, reaches the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hills behind La Spezia, among woods and olive groves.
  • Population up 1.7% since 2011.
  • Average age 47.5, younger than the province.
  • Seismic zone 3; have retaining walls checked.

Overview

Riccò del Golfo di Spezia is a municipality in the province of La Spezia, in Liguria. At the end of 2023 it had 3,596 residents, ranked 13 of 32 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Riccò del Golfo di Spezia is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (25 of 32) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.123 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 grown by 1.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 29%). Foreign residents make up 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Riccò del Golfo di Spezia declared an average taxable income of 24,426 euros, in line with the province (25,530 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Riccò del Golfo di Spezia has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 4.4% of the land in Riccò del Golfo di Spezia, compared with 8.0% in the province and 7.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Riccò del Golfo di Spezia is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Liguria in 2026. 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 Riccò del Golfo di Spezia; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Riccò del Golfo di Spezia: 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 Riccò del Golfo di Spezia 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 44 inhabited census areas in Riccò del Golfo di Spezia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.5%
  • fair 91.4%
  • good 8.1%

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 011023. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.