San Mauro Castelverde: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Palermo, Sicilia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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San Mauro Castelverde, a thousand metres up in the Madonie
San Mauro Castelverde stands at around a thousand metres in the eastern Madonie mountains, on the side that faces the Tyrrhenian Sea. The village is part of the Madonie regional nature park and is surrounded by woods, pasture and terraced farmland. You can see the sea from here, but getting down to it means a mountain road.
The population has fallen sharply: there are now 1,315 residents (2023), 28.8% fewer than in 2011, or 532 people. The average age is 50.5 against 44.7 in the metropolitan city of Palermo, and over-65s are 33.2%, compared with 22.8% across the province. Foreign residents are very few, at 0.7%.
Buyers here usually look for a stone house in the village or a country house, sometimes as a summer home. At this altitude winters are cold (climate zone E) and it can snow, so heating, roof and windows count. For the hospital, secondary schools and many services you have to go down towards the coast or to the larger towns of the Madonie. Average declared incomes are well below the provincial average.
Almost the whole province of Palermo is in seismic zone 2: besides San Mauro, 80 other municipalities. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.182 g. Houses in the old centre are masonry and built against one another, so before buying ask a surveyor whether walls, floors or roof need work and how the building rests on its neighbours.
In the mountains, ground conditions can change within a few dozen metres. The report traces the address to its land parcel and checks the official landslide hazard maps for that spot.
Key points
- Mountain village at about 1,000 metres, in the Madonie park.
- 1,315 residents, down 28.8% since 2011.
- Over-65s at 33.2%; cold winters, climate zone E.
- Seismic zone 2: have masonry houses surveyed.
Overview
San Mauro Castelverde is a municipality in the province of Palermo, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,315 residents, ranked 68 of 82 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Mauro Castelverde is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.182 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in San Mauro Castelverde, 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 28.8%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (45). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 0.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Mauro Castelverde declared an average taxable income of 14,287 euros, below the provincial average (21,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
San Mauro Castelverde is in climate zone E, with 2,240 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 1,050 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Mauro Castelverde has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 1.4% of the land in San Mauro Castelverde, compared with 5.7% 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 open contaminated sites in San Mauro Castelverde; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Mauro Castelverde: 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 Mauro Castelverde 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 25 inhabited census areas in San Mauro Castelverde. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 7.7%
- good 92.3%
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.
- 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 082065. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.