San Godenzo: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Firenze, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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San Godenzo, Dante's abbey and the road to the Muraglione pass
In 1302, in the abbey of San Godenzo, the exiled Dante met other Florentine exiles to plan their return to the city. The Romanesque abbey still stands at the heart of the village, which lies at around 400 metres in the Apennines north-east of Florence, on the road that climbs to the Muraglione pass and drops into Romagna. The municipality also includes Castagno d'Andrea, the hamlet where the painter Andrea del Castagno was born.
Much of the territory is forest and mountain, and part of it lies within the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park, where building work and extensions follow their own rules. Houses are stone, in the village and the hamlets, often with land. For secondary schools, the hospital and jobs, people go down the valley towards Florence, by car or by train from the Sieve valley. The climate zone is E. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.
There were 1,040 residents in 2023, 15.5% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 51.1 against 47.3 for the metropolitan area of Florence, and over-65s make up 30.1%. Foreign nationals account for 8.6%, and households are small, 1.90 people on average.
Around Florence only 13 municipalities are in seismic zone 2, and San Godenzo is one of them; the other 28 are in zone 3. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.210 g, a high value: in a stone house, find out whether and when the walls, floors and roof were strengthened.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps and the report traces the address to its land parcel. On steep wooded slopes, landslide hazard and gradient are checked spot by spot on the official maps.
Key points
- Village of the abbey where Dante met fellow exiles in 1302.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.210 g.
- Population down 15.5% since 2011.
- Part of the territory in the Foreste Casentinesi park.
Overview
San Godenzo is a municipality in the province of Firenze, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 1,040 residents, among the smallest in the province (41 of 41).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Godenzo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 13 of 41 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.210 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in San Godenzo, 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 15.5%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Godenzo declared an average taxable income of 20,053 euros, below the provincial average (27,023 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
San Godenzo is in climate zone E, with 2,891 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 404 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Godenzo has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 1.5% of the land in San Godenzo, compared with 7.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
San Godenzo 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 contaminated sites in San Godenzo.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Godenzo: 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 San Godenzo 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 37 inhabited census areas in San Godenzo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 8.4%
- fair 91.6%
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 048039. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.