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Amandola: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Fermo, Marche. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Amandola, the Tenna valley below the Sibillini

Amandola is the last sizeable town in the Tenna valley before the Sibillini mountains, in the upland part of Fermo province. The town sits on high ground at around 550 metres, and the municipal territory climbs towards the Monti Sibillini national park, with hamlets, woods and pasture. For the surrounding valleys it is the place for schools, offices and shops, while Fermo and the coast are roughly an hour's drive away.

The housing stock is largely stone and brick houses in the historic centre and scattered houses in the hamlets. Buyers should look closely at the condition of the building and at any repair or rebuilding work already done, and ask for the paperwork. On the slopes, check the gradient and the official ground maps, which the report looks up for the individual address.

Istat, Italy's statistics office, records 3,239 residents (2023), down 12.7% since 2011. The population is old: average age 49.8 against 47.6 in the province, with 29.7% over 65. Foreign residents are 9.1%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average, and climate zone E brings cold winters, sometimes with snow.

All 40 municipalities in Fermo province are in seismic zone 2. In Amandola the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.183 g, a medium to high value for the central Apennines, which have a long history of earthquakes. Here a structural check of the building should come first, well before the finishes.

Key points

  • Tenna valley town at the edge of the Sibillini mountains.
  • 3,239 residents, down 12.7% since 2011.
  • 29.7% over 65, average age 49.8.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.183 g.

Overview

Amandola is a municipality in the province of Fermo, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 3,239 residents, ranked 9 of 40 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Amandola is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 40 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.183 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Amandola, 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 12.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 9.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Amandola declared an average taxable income of 22,064 euros, in line with the province (21,786 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Amandola is in climate zone E, with 2,283 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 550 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Amandola has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

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 4.1% of the land in Amandola, compared with 7.9% in the province and 7.0% 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 Amandola.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Amandola: 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 Amandola 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 62 inhabited census areas in Amandola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.3%
  • fair 42.7%
  • good 57.0%

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 109002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.