Bellaria-Igea Marina: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna. 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 Ravenna 5, Bellaria-Igea Marina.
Bellaria-Igea Marina, beaches and hotels north of Rimini
Two resorts share one municipality on the Romagna coast between Rimini and Cesenatico: Bellaria to the north, around the mouth of the river Uso and its canal harbour, and Igea Marina to the south, towards Rimini. Life follows the beach season, with hotels, beach clubs and bars multiplying the number of people in town each summer.
The housing market reflects this double life. Many flats near the sea are holiday homes or summer lets, and along the Riviera old hotels are sometimes converted into flats. Buyers need to check that the property is classed for residential use and whether the block is lived in during winter too. The Rimini to Ravenna railway has two stations here, Bellaria and Igea Marina, and Rimini is minutes away.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 19,453 residents in 2023, up 4.6% since 2011. The average age is 45.9, 22.5% of residents are over 65 and 11.5% are foreign nationals. There are 207 cafés and restaurants, far above the provincial rate per resident, but healthcare sites are few, 4, and many appointments mean a trip to Rimini.
In the province of Rimini, 27 of 27 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 of the national classification, and here too the zone is 2, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.183 g. The coast was built up fast during the tourism boom, so for a flat in a building from those years, ask whether there have been structural assessments or strengthening work.
The land is flat and only a few metres above the sea. Storm surges, the Uso and the drainage channels are the things to check: the report looks up the official flood maps for the exact address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.
Key points
- Bellaria and Igea Marina, two stations on the Ravenna line.
- 19,453 residents in 2023, up 4.6% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.183 g.
- Low coast: storm surge and flood hazard checked per address.
Overview
Bellaria-Igea Marina is a municipality in the province of Rimini, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 19,453 residents, ranked 4 of 27 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bellaria-Igea Marina is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 27 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 Bellaria-Igea Marina, 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 grown by 4.6%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 11.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bellaria-Igea Marina declared an average taxable income of 20,867 euros, below the provincial average (22,480 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Bellaria-Igea Marina is in climate zone E, with 2,318 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 3 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bellaria-Igea Marina has 12 schools and 6 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 17 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 33 sports facilities and 8 parks and green areas.
There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).
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 29.9% of the land in Bellaria-Igea Marina, compared with 12.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Bellaria-Igea Marina is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Bellaria-Igea Marina, 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 Bellaria-Igea Marina: 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 Bellaria-Igea Marina 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 82 inhabited census areas in Bellaria-Igea Marina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 11.8%
- fair 60.7%
- good 27.6%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Emilia-Romagna, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2026.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 099001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.