Santa Fiora: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Grosseto, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Santa Fiora, the springs of the Fiora on Monte Amiata
On the Grosseto side of Monte Amiata, Santa Fiora is where the river Fiora rises: its springs feed the Peschiera, a pool set in a garden on the edge of the historic centre. The village, built of dark stone, stands on a spur among chestnut and beech woods, and its parish church holds glazed terracottas from the Della Robbia workshop.
The village is above six hundred metres and the climate is zone E: cold winters, often with snow, and cool summers. This is worth bearing in mind if you are coming from the coast or a city, because heating, insulation and the state of the roofs become the first items of expense. Grosseto and the sea lie below, a good hour's drive away, and the nearest service towns are those around Amiata.
The market offers stone village houses, often on several floors, flats in historic buildings and the occasional isolated house with land. Many are sought by people wanting a mountain home for the summer.
In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,493 residents, down 7.7% since 2011. The population is elderly: an average age of 51.1 against 49.1 in the province of Grosseto, with 32.1% over 65 against 29.0%. Foreign nationals make up 13.9%.
Santa Fiora is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, the highest class found in the province: only 1 other Grosseto municipality shares it, and all the rest have a lower hazard. Expected ground acceleration is 0.140 g. For a stone house, ask whether the walls have been strengthened. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and the report finds the land parcel; on the slopes, the official landslide maps are read address by address.
Key points
- Monte Amiata village where the river Fiora rises
- Stone village above six hundred metres, cold winters
- Average age 51.1, against 49.1 in the province
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.140 g
Overview
Santa Fiora is a municipality in the province of Grosseto, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 2,493 residents, ranked 19 of 28 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Santa Fiora is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 2 of 28 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.140 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Santa Fiora, 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 7.7%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (49). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 13.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Santa Fiora declared an average taxable income of 21,944 euros, in line with the province (22,706 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Santa Fiora is in climate zone E, with 2,269 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 687 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Santa Fiora has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.4 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
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 3.6% of the land in Santa Fiora, compared with 3.2% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Santa Fiora is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area 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 Santa Fiora.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Santa Fiora: 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 Santa Fiora 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 38 inhabited census areas in Santa Fiora. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 23.5%
- good 40.3%
- very good 36.2%
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 053022. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.