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Stazzema: 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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Stazzema, marble and woodland villages in upper Versilia

Stazzema is a mountain municipality in upper Versilia, in the Apuan Alps, made up of many hamlets separated by narrow valleys and chestnut woods. The town hall is at Pontestazzemese on the valley floor. Around it are villages such as Stazzema itself, Levigliani near the Antro del Corchia cave, Arni, Cardoso and Sant'Anna, a place of remembrance for the Nazi massacre of 1944 and home to the National Park of Peace. The Versilia beaches are not far as the crow flies, but the mountain road makes the journey longer.

The local economy grew up around the marble quarries, still visible on the slopes. For a buyer, the choice of hamlet changes everything: some lie on the valley floor along the road, others higher up, with narrow access and cold winters. Most houses are stone-built, often old, and many are second homes. Before making an offer, look at the roof, damp, the wiring and plumbing and the access road.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 2,903 residents in 2023, down 12.5% since 2011. The mean age is 49.7 against 48.1 in the province of Lucca, and 28.7% are over 65. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

On earthquakes, Stazzema is in seismic zone 2, like 21 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.152 g. On such steep ground, the report measures the elevation and slope of the plot and checks the official landslide and flood maps along the streams for the address.

Key points

  • Upper Versilia, in the Apuan Alps
  • Many hamlets, from the valley floor to high villages
  • 2,903 residents, mean age 49.7
  • Seismic zone 2, acceleration 0.152 g

Overview

Stazzema is a municipality in the province of Lucca, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 2,903 residents, ranked 19 of 33 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Stazzema 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 0.152 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Stazzema, 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 12.5%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 5.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Stazzema declared an average taxable income of 19,689 euros, below the provincial average (24,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Stazzema is in climate zone F, with 3,074 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 916 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Stazzema has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility, 1 sports facility and 5 parks and green areas.

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 3.0% of the land in Stazzema, 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

Stazzema 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Stazzema. 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 Stazzema: 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 Stazzema 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 47 inhabited census areas in Stazzema. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 93.7%
  • good 6.3%

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 046030. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.