Sillano Giuncugnano: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Lucca, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Sillano Giuncugnano, the upper Garfagnana below the Apennines
The municipality of Sillano Giuncugnano was created by merging two municipalities in the upper Garfagnana, and today it brings together villages and hamlets spread between the upper Serchio valley and the Apennine ridge that marks the border with Emilia. This is real mountain country: chestnut and beech woods, pasture, and narrow roads linking hamlets that can be far apart. The main village sits at around 700 metres, with other settlements higher up.
Buyers need to think about distances. For the hospital, secondary schools, offices and better-stocked shops, people go to Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, while Lucca remains the city for larger services. Many houses belong to families who use them in summer or at weekends, and as well as village homes there are isolated farmhouses to restore. The climate zone is F, with long, snowy winters, so firewood, heating oil or pellets are a fixed part of the budget.
There were 1,001 residents in 2023, down 13.0% on the two former municipalities combined in 2011. The average age is 52.1, against 48.1 in the province of Lucca, and over-65s make up 34.1% (in the province, 26.8%). Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The Garfagnana is an earthquake area: the municipality is in seismic zone 2, like 22 of the 33 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.205 g. For a stone house, find out whether any structural work has been carried out and ask to see the design and the final inspection certificate.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, and from the address the report finds the plot. In an area of steep slopes and streams, the official landslide and flood maps should be checked house by house and hamlet by hamlet.
Key points
- Villages and hamlets of the upper Garfagnana, below the Apennines.
- 1,001 residents in 2023, over-65s at 34.1%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.205 g.
- Main services in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana.
Overview
Sillano Giuncugnano is a municipality in the province of Lucca, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 1,001 residents, ranked 28 of 33 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sillano Giuncugnano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (22 of 33) 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 Sillano Giuncugnano, 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 13.0%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 3.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sillano Giuncugnano declared an average taxable income of 20,475 euros, below the provincial average (24,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sillano Giuncugnano is in climate zone F, with 3,408 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 834 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sillano Giuncugnano has 2 schools. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.
The data shows no pharmacies within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 1.7% of the land in Sillano Giuncugnano, compared with 9.2% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Sillano Giuncugnano 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 no contaminated sites in Sillano Giuncugnano.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sillano Giuncugnano: 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 Sillano Giuncugnano 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 26 inhabited census areas in Sillano Giuncugnano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 100.0%
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 046037. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.