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Cartoceto: what to know before buying a home

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

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Flaminia 0, Cartoceto.

Cartoceto, hillside olive oil and Lucrezia in the Metauro valley

Cartoceto's extra virgin olive oil was the first in the Marche region to gain PDO status, and olive groves are still the most recognisable landscape of this municipality on the hills behind Fano. The historic village sits high up, with its walls and oil mills; in autumn the olive oil fair draws visitors from across the region.

Many residents, though, live lower down in Lucrezia, the hamlet that has grown in the Metauro valley along the road and the dual carriageway linking Fano with the interior. That is where the newer housing, businesses and shops are, and from there Fano and the A14 motorway are about a quarter of an hour away. Buyers choose between two different lives: the hill village, with brick houses and views over the hills, or the valley, more convenient and usually cheaper.

Cartoceto is growing. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 8,052 residents, up 2.6% on the 7,850 of 2011. It is young for the province of Pesaro and Urbino: an average age of 44.5 against 46.9, with over-65s at 21.2% against 25.3%. Households average 2.46 people and foreign residents make up 8.0%.

All 50 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 2 under the Civil Protection classification, and in Cartoceto the expected ground acceleration is about 0.185 g. The hazard is medium to high, as in much of the Marche: for masonry houses in the village and valley blocks built before current codes, ask for the design year and any structural work carried out.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the plot from the address. In Lucrezia, near the Metauro, flood hazard needs checking; on the clay hillsides, landslide hazard.

Key points

  • PDO olive oil on the hills, Lucrezia down in the Metauro valley.
  • Population up 2.6% since 2011.
  • Average age 44.5; over-65s at 21.2%.
  • The whole province is in seismic zone 2.

Overview

Cartoceto is a municipality in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 8,052 residents, ranked 9 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cartoceto is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 50 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.185 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cartoceto, 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 grown by 2.6%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 8.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cartoceto declared an average taxable income of 21,584 euros, below the provincial average (23,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cartoceto is in climate zone E, with 2,250 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 221 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cartoceto has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.7 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 13.6% of the land in Cartoceto, compared with 6.8% 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 open contaminated sites in Cartoceto; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cartoceto: 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 Cartoceto 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 35 inhabited census areas in Cartoceto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.3%
  • fair 45.9%
  • good 53.8%

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 041010. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.