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Camerino: 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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Camerino, a university town in the Marche Apennines

Camerino is a university town in the mountains. Its university, one of the oldest in Italy, shapes daily life, and for much of the year many of the people living here are students who do not appear in the resident figures. The hill it stands on, above six hundred metres, divides the Chienti valley from the Potenza valley, and the Sibillini mountains are visible to the south.

For a buyer, the key fact is the earthquake. The shocks of autumn 2016 left much of the historic centre unusable, and it has been under reconstruction ever since: many buildings are still closed, and some offices, businesses and university departments have moved to new premises outside the walls. Before buying in the centre, ask how far the building's reconstruction file has got, whether public grants have been awarded and what obligations come with them; outside the centre, ask about the year of construction and any work done since 2016.

Camerino is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection Department classification, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.193 g, a high figure, and the province of Macerata also has 6 municipalities in zone 1.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,041 residents in 2023, 861 fewer than in 2011 (-12.5%). Average age is 49.7, over-65s are 30.6% against 26.5% in the province, and households are small. Foreign nationals are 9.2% and average incomes are above the provincial level. The university shows in the services: 10 education sites, 1.66 per 1,000 residents against 0.99 in the province, and 46 cafés and restaurants.

The nearest railway station is Castelraimondo-Camerino, down in the valley; otherwise you drive, towards Macerata and the coast or towards Foligno along the Chienti valley. If you are buying to let to students, measure the distance to the university buildings that are open today. Winters are cold (climate zone E), and cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are published.

Key points

  • University town on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza valleys.
  • Historic centre under reconstruction after the 2016 earthquakes.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected ground acceleration about 0.193 g.
  • 6,041 residents in 2023, down 12.5% since 2011.

Overview

Camerino is a municipality in the province of Macerata, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 6,041 residents, ranked 17 of 55 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Camerino 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 0.193 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Camerino, 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 12.5%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 9.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Camerino declared an average taxable income of 26,910 euros, above the provincial average (23,312 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Camerino is in climate zone E, with 2,481 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 661 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Camerino has 10 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.7 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (1.0).

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 4.7% of the land in Camerino, compared with 5.7% in the province and 7.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.7 hectares.

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 Camerino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Camerino: 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 Camerino 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 114 inhabited census areas in Camerino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 28.7%
  • good 61.0%
  • very good 10.3%

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 043007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.