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Bolognola: what to know before buying a home

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

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Bolognola, a mountain village in the Monti Sibillini

Above a thousand metres, on the Marche side of the Monti Sibillini, Bolognola is a mountain village inside the national park. Its houses are spread across small clusters among meadows, beech woods and rock faces, and in winter the area draws skiers and snowshoe walkers. Summers are cool, winters long and snowy.

People who buy here almost always want a mountain house for weekends or holidays, or a quiet base for remote work. For schools, the hospital and services, people drive down to the larger towns in the province of Macerata, on mountain roads that need care in winter. Because the village is inside a national park, renovations and extensions also have to follow park rules.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 147 residents in 2023, 8.7% fewer than the 161 of 2011. For a mountain village the population is not especially old: the average age is 47.8, close to the provincial 47.2, and over-65s make up 27.9%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Seismic hazard is high. Bolognola is in zone 2 of the national classification, like 49 of the 55 municipalities in the province of Macerata, and the expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.201 g. In this part of the Apennines many buildings have reconstruction or structural strengthening files open: before buying, ask how far the work has got, what documents exist and whether any public grants are tied to the property.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps. On the Sibillini slopes the report checks the gradient and the official landslide maps for the address.

Key points

  • Mountain village in the Monti Sibillini National Park.
  • 147 residents in 2023, average age 47.8.
  • Seismic zone 2, like 49 municipalities in the province.
  • Ask about any reconstruction or strengthening files.

Overview

Bolognola is a municipality in the province of Macerata, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 147 residents, among the smallest in the province (54 of 55).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bolognola is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (49 of 55) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.201 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Bolognola, 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 8.7%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 1.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bolognola declared an average taxable income of 20,059 euros, below the provincial average (23,312 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bolognola is in climate zone E, with 2,891 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 1,070 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Bolognola has 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 1.2% of the land in Bolognola, compared with 5.7% in the province and 7.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Bolognola.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bolognola: 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 Bolognola 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 3 inhabited census areas in Bolognola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 5.5%
  • good 94.5%

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 043005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.