Sansepolcro: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Arezzo, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Sansepolcro, Piero della Francesca's town in the upper Tiber
Piero della Francesca was born in Sansepolcro, and the Museo Civico holds his Resurrection. Sansepolcro is the main town of the Tuscan Valtiberina, the upper valley of the Tiber where Tuscany borders Umbria and the Marche are close by. The Buitoni pasta brand was also founded here.
The historic centre, on flat ground, is packed with palazzi and old houses; outside the walls the town has spread with residential districts and industrial and craft areas. For getting about there is the E45, the dual carriageway that runs south to Città di Castello and Perugia and north to Cesena. Arezzo, the provincial capital, lies beyond the hills to the west.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 15,120 residents in 2023, down 6.1% on 2011, or 988 people. Sansepolcro ranks 5 by size in the province of Arezzo and has an older population: estimated average age 48.3 (47.6 in the province) and over-65s at 28.8%. Foreign residents make up 10.7%. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.
Earthquakes are the issue not to underestimate. The upper Tiber valley has a long record of tremors, and Sansepolcro is in seismic zone 2 with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.225 g, a high value for Tuscany. In palazzi in the centre and in brick or stone houses, ask whether seismic improvement work has been done and under which council permits.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report reaches the plot from the address. Near the Tiber and the streams coming down from the Apennines, flood hazard varies a lot from area to area, and on the slopes landslides matter; both are read for the individual address.
Key points
- Piero della Francesca's town, main centre of the Valtiberina.
- On the E45 towards Perugia and Cesena.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.225 g.
- Over-65s at 28.8%; population falling since 2011.
Overview
Sansepolcro is a municipality in the province of Arezzo, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 15,120 residents, ranked 5 of 36 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sansepolcro is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (24 of 36) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.225 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Sansepolcro, 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 6.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 10.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sansepolcro declared an average taxable income of 24,990 euros, in line with the province (24,383 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sansepolcro is in climate zone E, with 2,231 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 330 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sansepolcro has 15 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 11 grocery shops and supermarkets, 13 healthcare facilities, 10 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.9 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).
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 9.0% of the land in Sansepolcro, compared with 5.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.6 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Sansepolcro is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Toscana in 2025. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list 5 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Sansepolcro, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sansepolcro: 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 Sansepolcro 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 82 inhabited census areas in Sansepolcro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 79 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 13.9%
- good 42.6%
- very good 43.5%
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 051034. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.