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Villacidro: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Medio Campidano, Sardegna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Search for an address in Villacidro

The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Dante 7, Milan.

Villacidro, at the foot of the Linas massif

Villacidro lies where the Medio Campidano plain meets the mountains: behind the town rises the Monte Linas massif, with woods, streams and walking trails. It is the town where the writer Giuseppe Dessì grew up and which he portrayed in his novels. It shares the role of provincial capital of Medio Campidano with Sanluri.

For buyers, Villacidro's position between mountain and plain has practical consequences. A house on the upper edge of town and one in the lower part can differ greatly in elevation, slope and proximity to watercourses. The report measures the elevation and gradient of the ground at the address and compares the spot with the official landslide and flood hazard maps. None of these figures is summarised for the municipality as a whole.

Daily life counts as well. In a town of this size, the distance to schools, pharmacies and shops makes a real difference, particularly for anyone who would rather not drive everywhere, and the report calculates it from the house itself, not from the town hall.

Seismic hazard is at the bottom of the national scale. The province has 28 municipalities and every one of them is in zone 4, so in Villacidro a structural assessment is more about maintenance and build quality than about earthquake resistance.

Cadastral maps are available: the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes them for Villacidro too, and the report finds the land parcel from the address, including land and houses outside the built-up area.

Key points

  • Town between the plain and Monte Linas, joint capital with Sanluri.
  • Elevation, slope and watercourses vary widely across the municipality.
  • Seismic zone 4, like all 28 municipalities in Medio Campidano.
  • Cadastral maps available for land and outlying houses too.

Overview

Villacidro is the capital of the province of Medio Campidano, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 13,117 residents, ranked 0 of 28 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villacidro is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 28 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Villacidro.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 8.2%. The estimated average age is 48 years, lower than the province average (49). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Villacidro: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 117025. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.