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Caramanico Terme: 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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Caramanico Terme, a spa town in the Majella National Park

Caramanico Terme is the spa town inside the Majella National Park, in the province of Pescara. The old centre sits on a spur between the Orta and Orfento valleys, with stone houses, churches and lanes, while the spa buildings and hotels are lower down. All around are woods, gorges and footpaths leading into the heart of the Majella.

The town lives on spa and walking tourism, with many flats used for short stays. Pescara is under an hour's drive, down towards the Pescara valley and the motorway, and remains the place for work and larger services.

There were 1,766 residents in 2023, down 12.1% on 2011, or 242 fewer people. The average age of 49.1 is above 46.6 for the province, over-65s are 28.4% and foreign residents 4.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Buyers will find stone houses in the centre and the hamlets, often needing renovation, and flats in newer buildings near the spa area. Winters are cold (climate zone E).

The Majella area has high seismicity. Caramanico is in seismic zone 1, the highest class set by the Civil Protection Department, and 18 municipalities in the province of Pescara are in this zone. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.215 g, so for a stone house ask what structural work has been done and have a surveyor look at it. The report for an address adds the slope, the official landslide and flood maps and the plot on the cadastral maps of the Revenue Agency.

Key points

  • Spa town inside the Majella National Park.
  • Old centre on a spur between the Orta and Orfento valleys.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.215 g.
  • Population down 12.1% since 2011.

Overview

Caramanico Terme is a municipality in the province of Pescara, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 1,766 residents, ranked 22 of 46 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Caramanico Terme 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 0.215 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Caramanico Terme, 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 12.1%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Caramanico Terme declared an average taxable income of 18,123 euros, below the provincial average (23,063 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Caramanico Terme is in climate zone E, with 2,251 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 650 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Caramanico Terme has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 sports facility and 6 parks and green areas.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 1.4% of the land in Caramanico Terme, 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 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 contaminated sites in Caramanico Terme.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Caramanico Terme: 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 Caramanico Terme 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 36 inhabited census areas in Caramanico Terme. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 54 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 6.0%
  • fair 94.0%

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 068007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.