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Brittoli: what to know before buying a home

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

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Brittoli, a mountain village inland from Pescara

Heading inland from Pescara you leave the coast and the farmed hills behind, and Brittoli appears when the landscape has already turned to mountains: woods, pastures and a compact village at about seven hundred and eighty metres, with stone houses pressed against one another. In summer it fills up with people returning to family houses; the rest of the year it is very quiet.

The population has fallen sharply. In 2023 there were 249 residents, 86 fewer than the 335 of 2011, a drop of 25.7% according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 52.8, against 46.6 in the province of Pescara, and over-65s make up 34.1%, compared with 24.8% provincially. Foreign residents account for 2.8%. Average declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Houses on offer are usually old-centre properties needing renovation or family homes left by people who moved away, often kept as second homes. For a big shop, specialist doctors and secondary schools you drive down towards the valley and the coast. This is climate zone E, so winters are cold and the heating stays on for months.

Earthquakes are the issue not to underestimate. Brittoli is in seismic zone 1, the highest class on the Civil Protection scale, like 18 of the 46 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.214 g. Before buying a stone house, have a structural engineer look at it and ask whether it has had seismic improvement work, including under the public grant schemes of recent years. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report reaches them from the address.

Key points

  • Mountain village inland in the province of Pescara.
  • Residents down 25.7% since 2011, now 249.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.214 g.
  • Over-65s at 34.1%, against 24.8% in the province.

Overview

Brittoli is a municipality in the province of Pescara, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 249 residents, among the smallest in the province (45 of 46).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Brittoli is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 18 of 46 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.214 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Brittoli, 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 25.7%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (47). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 2.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Brittoli declared an average taxable income of 16,103 euros, below the provincial average (23,063 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Brittoli is in climate zone E, with 2,446 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 779 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 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 3.2% of the land in Brittoli, compared with 7.3% in the province and 5.1% 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 Brittoli.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Brittoli: 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 Brittoli 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 12 inhabited census areas in Brittoli. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 52 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 8.3%
  • fair 91.7%

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 068004. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.