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Archi: what to know before buying a home

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

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Archi, on a hilltop above the Sangro valley

Archi is a hilltop village in the middle Sangro valley, in the province of Chieti in Abruzzo. Its old centre sits on top of a hill at around 460 metres, with farmland dropping towards the river. From here you see the Majella mountains on one side and hills sloping towards the Adriatic on the other. The valley floor, with the fast road following the Sangro to the coast, is the main link for anyone working elsewhere.

Buyers find stone and brick village houses, often terraced and on several floors, and country houses scattered across the outlying areas. Where houses are built into the slope with semi-basement floors, damp, drains and foundations need a careful look. On the clay slopes typical of the Chieti hills, the report reads the official landslide maps for the address.

The village is losing people: 1,941 residents at the end of 2023, down 14.9% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age of 48.8 is above the province (47.4), and over-65s make up 29.0%. Foreign residents are 5.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The seismic zone is 2, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.133 g. For old masonry houses, ask whether strengthening work has been done and have the links between walls and floors checked. The climate zone is D, with winters that are not extreme.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the whole municipality.

Key points

  • Hilltop village in the middle Sangro valley.
  • Village houses in the centre, farmhouses outside.
  • Population down 14.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.133 g.

Overview

Archi is a municipality in the province of Chieti, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 1,941 residents, ranked 37 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Archi is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (55 of 104) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.133 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Archi, 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 14.9%. 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 5.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Archi declared an average taxable income of 18,630 euros, below the provincial average (21,427 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Archi is in climate zone D, with 1,889 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 462 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Archi has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 4.3% of the land in Archi, compared with 6.4% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Archi.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Archi: 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 Archi 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 Archi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 12.1%
  • fair 87.9%

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 069002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.