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Villa Basilica: 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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Villa Basilica, paper mills and hills between Lucca and Pescia

Villa Basilica is a hill municipality in the province of Lucca, between the Lucca plain and the Valdinievole, crossed by the Pescia di Collodi stream. Over the centuries paper mills grew up along the water, providing work for the valley and still shaping it today. Higher up, the main village keeps a Romanesque parish church.

The municipality is split into several hamlets, some on the valley floor near the mills, others on the hills among chestnut and olive trees. For buyers the difference is practical: lower down, houses that are easier to reach and close to the road; higher up, more isolated stone houses with open views but narrow lanes. Lucca and Pescia are reached by car.

There are 1,470 residents, down 13.5% on 2011. The average age is 48.5, almost the same as the province (48.1), and over-65s make up 28.5%. Foreign nationals are 4.1%.

Villa Basilica is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, like 22 of the 33 municipalities in the province of Lucca, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.158 g. In stone houses, check how walls and floors are tied together, the state of the roof and any work already done.

Hamlets along the stream and those on the slopes face different conditions. The report checks the official flood and landslide maps for the address, measures the gradient and gives the cadastral details of the land parcel.

Key points

  • Lucca hills, paper mills along the Pescia di Collodi.
  • 1,470 residents, down 13.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.158 g.
  • Valley-floor and hillside hamlets are very different.

Overview

Villa Basilica is a municipality in the province of Lucca, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 1,470 residents, ranked 25 of 33 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villa Basilica 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 0.158 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Villa Basilica, 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 13.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villa Basilica declared an average taxable income of 22,671 euros, below the provincial average (24,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Villa Basilica is in climate zone E, with 2,924 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 330 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 3.4% of the land in Villa Basilica, 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

Villa Basilica 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 low. 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 Villa Basilica.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Villa Basilica: 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 Villa Basilica 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 Villa Basilica. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 99.1%
  • good 0.9%

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 046034. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.