Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Basciano: what to know before buying a home

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

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Basciano

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 Nazionale 1, Basciano.

Basciano, in the hills between Teramo and the Gran Sasso

Basciano is a hill village in the province of Teramo, on the high ground between the provincial capital and the Gran Sasso massif. Teramo is close by and is where people go for work, secondary schools and the hospital; the Adriatic coast is a drive away to the east.

The municipality mixes a hilltop centre with older houses and scattered rural districts among fields and olive groves, plus some business premises on the valley floor. Where the house sits makes a difference. On the hill, check gradients, access roads and retaining walls; lower down, look at the official flood maps along the streams. The report looks these up for the exact address.

Earthquakes need a practical approach here. Basciano is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department scale, like 36 other municipalities around Teramo, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.185 g. Inland Abruzzo has a significant seismic history, so for an existing house ask for the year of construction, any work done after recent tremors and any certification, and in stone houses check how walls and floors are tied together.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 2,314 residents in 2023, down 5.1% since 2011. The average age is 45.4, a little below the provincial 46.7, and foreign residents make up 3.8%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The climate is zone D, with cool winters and occasional snow. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report can reach the plot.

Key points

  • Hill village near Teramo, towards the Gran Sasso.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.185 g.
  • Residents down 5.1% since 2011.
  • Average age 45.4, below the province.

Overview

Basciano is a municipality in the province of Teramo, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 2,314 residents, ranked 25 of 47 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Basciano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (37 of 47) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.185 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Basciano, 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 5.1%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 3.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Basciano declared an average taxable income of 20,088 euros, below the provincial average (21,288 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Basciano is in climate zone D, with 2,036 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 388 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Basciano has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 0.9 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

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 9.6% of the land in Basciano, compared with 6.7% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.

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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Basciano, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Basciano: 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 Basciano 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 24 inhabited census areas in Basciano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 9.5%
  • fair 90.5%

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 067005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.