The municipality of Cantagallo, surrounded by the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine mountains, is located in the Rio Ceppeta valley, at the source of the Bisenzio river, and is an ideal starting point for excursions to the splendid Nature Reserve Acquerino Cantagallo.


The seat of the Municipality is in Luicciana, inside La Torricella building, where it is possible to admire works of contemporary art that are part of the Outdoor Museum.. The Materia Museum, dedicated to the art of dyeing and renewable energies, was inaugurated in 2016 in the municipality of Cantagallo, precisely in Usella.

Also noteworthy is the Fortress of Cerbaia, surrounded by wild and uncontaminated nature, on which hovers the legend of a lack of welcome by Dante Alighieri, who, fleeing from Florence in 1285, sought refuge in this very place.

The territory of the Municipality stretches over 94.93 km² with an overall population of 3089 inhabitants (2021). The localities included in the Municipality are: Carmignanello (with the largest population), Fossato, Gavigno, Gricigliana, Cantagallo, Il Fabbro, L'Acqua, Luicciana, Migliana, Rocca di Cerbaia and Usella.