Scarperia e San Piero: 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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Scarperia e San Piero, knives, a racetrack and the Mugello
Scarperia e San Piero is a young municipality, formed in 2014 when Scarperia and San Piero a Sieve merged. Both sit in the Mugello, the green basin north of Florence closed off by the Apennines. Scarperia is the town of the Palazzo dei Vicari and of handmade knives, a craft still practised today; San Piero lies lower down on the river Sieve. The Mugello circuit, best known for motorcycle racing, is inside the municipal boundary.
The Mugello is a common choice for people who work in Florence and want more space for less money. San Piero a Sieve has a station on the Faentina railway, which runs from Florence to Faenza by way of Borgo San Lorenzo, and the Barberino di Mugello junction on the A1 motorway is not far. Outside the two centres there are farmhouses, restored country estates and small hilltop hamlets. On race weekends traffic around the circuit changes completely, which is worth knowing if you buy nearby.
Istat, Italy's statistics institute, records 11,957 residents in 2023, practically the same as in 2011 (down 0.1%). The estimated average age, 46.9, is just below the Florence metropolitan area; over-65s account for 25.5% and foreign residents for 8.9%. Declared incomes are lower than the Florentine average.
The Mugello has a significant history of earthquakes. Scarperia e San Piero is one of 13 municipalities in the province classed in seismic zone 2, while the other 28 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.197 g, high by Tuscan standards. With a stone farmhouse or a house in the old centre, ask whether seismic strengthening has been carried out and under which permits.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can find the land parcel from the address. Along the Sieve and the streams coming down from the Apennines, flood and landslide hazard has to be checked house by house.
Key points
- Faentina railway station at San Piero, A1 junction at Barberino nearby.
- The Mugello racing circuit lies within the municipality.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.197 g.
- 11,957 residents in 2023, foreign residents 8.9%.
Overview
Scarperia e San Piero is a municipality in the province of Firenze, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 11,957 residents, ranked 24 of 41 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Scarperia e San Piero 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 0.197 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Scarperia e San Piero, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 8.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Scarperia e San Piero declared an average taxable income of 24,770 euros, below the provincial average (27,023 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Scarperia e San Piero is in climate zone E, with 2,212 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 292 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Scarperia e San Piero has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 11 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.3 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 5.1% of the land in Scarperia e San Piero, 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
Scarperia e San Piero 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 9 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Scarperia e San Piero, and 14 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 Scarperia e San Piero: 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 Scarperia e San Piero 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 90 inhabited census areas in Scarperia e San Piero. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 8.4%
- fair 66.0%
- good 25.6%
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 048053. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.