Sestino: 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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Sestino, Tuscany's corner of the Montefeltro near the Marche
At the far eastern edge of the province of Arezzo, where Tuscany meets the Marche region, Sestino lies in the upper Foglia valley in the Montefeltro, a landscape of hills and mountains with woods, pasture and the outline of the Sasso di Simone. It was a Roman town, and finds from ancient Sestinum are kept in the village. For many services the Marche side of the Montefeltro is closer than Arezzo, which is a long drive away.
The fall in population is steep: 1,171 residents in 2023, 250 fewer than in 2011, 17.6% down according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 49.8 against 47.6 in the province, over-65s make up 31.4% and foreign residents 7.7%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.
Buyers here often want a stone farmhouse with land or a village house to restore. Access roads, utility connections, heating (climate zone E, cold winters) and the state of the roof should be assessed before the price; with farmhouses, also the planning status of outbuildings.
Earthquakes need to be considered. Sestino is in seismic zone 2 of the national classification, like 24 of the 36 municipalities in the province of Arezzo, but its expected ground acceleration of 0.195 g is a medium-high value, so with a masonry house ask what structural work has been done and have a surveyor check the floors and wall connections.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published, and the report reaches the land parcel. On clay slopes like these, landslide hazard is checked on the official maps house by house.
Key points
- Upper Foglia valley, in the Montefeltro on the Marche border.
- Population down 17.6% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.195 g.
- Farmhouses with land: check access, utilities and outbuildings.
Overview
Sestino is a municipality in the province of Arezzo, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 1,171 residents, ranked 31 of 36 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sestino 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 0.195 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Sestino, 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 17.6%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sestino declared an average taxable income of 19,428 euros, below the provincial average (24,383 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sestino is in climate zone E, with 2,533 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 456 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sestino has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility and 1 green area.
The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 2.2% of the land in Sestino, compared with 5.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Sestino 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 open contaminated sites in Sestino; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sestino: 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 Sestino 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 36 inhabited census areas in Sestino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 8.4%
- fair 45.2%
- good 46.4%
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 051035. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.