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Belvedere Ostrense: what to know before buying a home

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

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Belvedere Ostrense, a hilltop village between Jesi and Senigallia

The name gives it away: Belvedere Ostrense is a village on top of a hill, looking out over the valleys inland from Ancona, in the band of hills between Jesi and Senigallia. Around it are vineyards, arable fields and roads that wind down to the valley floors, where the busier provincial roads run.

The old centre is tightly packed inside its former walls, with brick houses built against one another. Outside, along the ridges and in the countryside, there are farmhouses and newer detached homes. Anyone working in Jesi, Ancona or on the coast drives there every day, so it is worth trying the journey at rush hour before deciding. Services in the village are limited, with 1 pharmacy and 1 school site, and the weekly shop means a trip down the valley.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,075 residents in 2023, down 9.3% on 2011. The average age of 47.1 is in line with 47.2 for the province; 26.2% of residents are over 65 and 7.8% are foreign nationals. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Central Marche is an active earthquake area. Belvedere is in seismic zone 2, like the other 46 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of 0.185 g. For a brick house in the centre, ask whether strengthening work was carried out after the earthquakes of recent decades and see the paperwork.

On clay hills, slope stability varies from one plot to the next. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps on the parcel of the address, taken from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Hilltop village inland from Ancona, among vineyards.
  • Daily commute by car to Jesi, Ancona or the coast.
  • Population down 9.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, like the whole province.

Overview

Belvedere Ostrense is a municipality in the province of Ancona, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 2,075 residents, ranked 37 of 47 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Belvedere Ostrense is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 47 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

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

For anyone buying in Belvedere Ostrense, 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 9.3%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Belvedere Ostrense declared an average taxable income of 21,186 euros, below the provincial average (24,794 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Belvedere Ostrense is in climate zone E, with 2,109 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 251 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Belvedere Ostrense has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 4.6% of the land in Belvedere Ostrense, compared with 9.1% 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 Belvedere Ostrense.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Belvedere Ostrense: 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 Belvedere Ostrense 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 27 inhabited census areas in Belvedere Ostrense. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.3%
  • fair 99.7%

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 042005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.