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Sigillo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Perugia, Umbria. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Sigillo, on the Via Flaminia below Monte Cucco

Sigillo is a village in north-eastern Umbria, on the Umbrian side of the Apennines, built at the foot of Monte Cucco. The mountain and its regional park are known for caves, walking trails and hang-gliding and paragliding. The village stretches along near the Via Flaminia, the historic road linking this part of Umbria with Gualdo Tadino and the Marche.

Which house suits you depends a lot on altitude. The centre has old stone and masonry buildings, often in terraces; newer houses have grown up on the edges and on the flat; towards the mountain you find scattered houses and rustic buildings. This is climate zone E with cold winters, so heating and insulation matter. On the slopes the report checks gradient and the official landslide maps.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 2,308 residents in 2023, down 6.5% since 2011. The average age is 49.7, above the 47.4 of the province of Perugia, and people over 65 make up 29.9% of residents. Foreign residents account for 5.2%, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The Umbrian Apennines have a seismic history that deserves attention. Sigillo is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department scale, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.205 g. For a stone house, ask whether any strengthening work has been done and with what permits, and have a surveyor look at how walls and floors are connected.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps for Sigillo, and the report reaches the plot starting from the address.

Key points

  • Umbrian Apennine village at the foot of Monte Cucco.
  • On the Via Flaminia, towards Gualdo Tadino and the Marche.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.205 g.
  • Over-65s at 29.9%, average age 49.7.

Overview

Sigillo is a municipality in the province of Perugia, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 2,308 residents, ranked 41 of 59 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sigillo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (44 of 59) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.205 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Sigillo, 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 6.5%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 5.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sigillo declared an average taxable income of 21,014 euros, below the provincial average (23,962 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sigillo is in climate zone E, with 2,287 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 490 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sigillo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 0.4 grocery shops and supermarkets 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 4.8% of the land in Sigillo, compared with 5.5% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Sigillo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sigillo: 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 Sigillo 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 16 inhabited census areas in Sigillo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 78 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 10.0%
  • good 77.9%
  • very good 12.1%

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

ISTAT code 054049. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.