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Borgorose: what to know before buying a home

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

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Borgorose, the Cicolano and the Duchessa mountains

Borgorose is the main town of the Cicolano, the mountainous part of the province of Rieti bordering Abruzzo. Its territory is large and divided into many hamlets, including Corvaro, and climbs up to the Montagne della Duchessa nature reserve, with the small high-altitude lake of the same name. The main village stands at around seven hundred metres.

For connections, the A24 Rome to L'Aquila motorway matters most, as it crosses the municipality: Rome is about an hour away by car, while Rieti, although it is the provincial capital, is further by road than Avezzano and L'Aquila. Many houses in the hamlets are old stone homes, some lived in only during the summer.

Borgorose ranks number 5 in the province by population, but numbers are falling: 4,198 residents in 2023, down 9.0% since 2011. The average age is 47.8 (48.1 in the province), over-65s make up 26.7% and foreign residents 4.7%. Average declared incomes are below the Rieti average.

Seismic risk here is high. The province of Rieti has 13 municipalities in zone 1 and 60 in zone 2 of the Civil Protection Department's classification; Borgorose is in zone 1, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.241 g. For any house, ask for the design date, structural checks and any strengthening work done with the government's seismic incentives; for stone houses in the hamlets, a survey is close to essential.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published. Climate zone E brings cold, snowy winters, and on the slopes the report checks gradient and landslide maps for the plot.

Key points

  • Municipality of hamlets in the Cicolano, on the Abruzzo border.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected ground acceleration about 0.241 g.
  • 4,198 residents, down 9.0% since 2011.
  • Stone houses in the hamlets: a structural survey is advisable.

Overview

Borgorose is a municipality in the province of Rieti, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 4,198 residents, among the most populous in the province (5 of 73).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Borgorose is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 13 of 73 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.241 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Borgorose, 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 9.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Borgorose declared an average taxable income of 21,315 euros, below the provincial average (22,743 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Borgorose is in climate zone E, with 2,697 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 732 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Borgorose has 8 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 1 sports facility and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 1.9 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.3).

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 2.9% of the land in Borgorose, compared with 3.2% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 open contaminated sites in Borgorose; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Borgorose: 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 Borgorose 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 58 inhabited census areas in Borgorose. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 99.8%

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 057007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.