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Acciano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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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 Principale 1, Acciano.

Acciano, above the Aterno between L'Aquila and Sulmona

Before it leaves the mountains towards Popoli, the river Aterno runs through a narrow, wooded stretch of valley, and Acciano is one of the villages overlooking it, at about six hundred metres. The municipality takes in the valley floor, with the river and the L'Aquila to Sulmona railway, and the slopes climbing towards the Sirente, with woods and pastures. The village has a stone centre and a few scattered hamlets.

If you are thinking of buying here, you will rely on the valley connections: for schools, hospital and work the reference points are L'Aquila and Sulmona, both reachable along the main road. There is a pharmacy in the village; for everything else you leave. The climate zone is E, with cold winters, and stone houses should be assessed for insulation, roofs and damp.

The village has lost many residents. Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 256 in 2023, against 351 in 2011, a fall of 27.1%. The estimated average age is 55.0, above the 47.5 of the province of L'Aquila, and over-65s make up 36.3%. Foreign residents account for 5.9%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Acciano is in seismic zone 1, the most hazardous on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 103 of the 108 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.260 g. Before buying you need a structural survey and documentation of any repair or strengthening work. The report adds the official landslide and flood maps for the address, useful between the river and the slopes, starting from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Village on the Aterno, between L'Aquila and Sulmona.
  • 256 residents in 2023, down 27.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.260 g.
  • Average age 55.0, above the provincial average.

Overview

Acciano is a municipality in the province of L'Aquila, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 256 residents, ranked 95 of 108 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Acciano is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (103 of 108) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.260 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Acciano, 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 27.1%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (48). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 5.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Acciano declared an average taxable income of 19,352 euros, below the provincial average (22,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Acciano is in climate zone E, with 2,362 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 600 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Acciano has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 Acciano, compared with 3.2% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

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 Acciano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Acciano: 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 Acciano 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 5 inhabited census areas in Acciano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 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

ISTAT code 066001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.