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Castel di Tora: 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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Castel di Tora, the village on Lake Turano

Lake Turano is a reservoir created by a dam on the river Turano, in the hills of the province of Rieti, and Castel di Tora is the village built on a headland that juts into the water. The old houses are packed tightly around the upper part, linked by alleys and steps, with wooded hills all around and a few roads following the shore.

Many homes here are lived in only in summer or at weekends. If you plan to live here all year, expect to need a car for almost everything: main services are in Rieti or towards the Salto valley, and the drives are not short. In the old centre, check access, since many alleys cannot be reached by car, and the condition of roofs and walls.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 271 residents in 2023, down 9.4% from 299 in 2011. The average age is 50.2, a little above the provincial 48.1, and over-65s make up 30.3%. Foreign residents account for 8.5%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The village is in seismic zone 2 on the scale used by the Civil Protection Department, like 60 of the 73 municipalities in the province of Rieti, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.171 g in the built-up area. With an old building, the first question is whether it has had seismic upgrading work and what paperwork proves it. The report also checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address, which matters for houses near the shore or on slopes.

Key points

  • Village on a headland in Lake Turano, province of Rieti.
  • 271 residents in 2023, down 9.4% since 2011.
  • Many second homes; main services in Rieti.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.171 g.

Overview

Castel di Tora is a municipality in the province of Rieti, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 271 residents, ranked 63 of 73 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castel di Tora is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2B. Most municipalities in the province (60 of 73) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.171 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Castel di Tora, 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 9.4%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 8.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castel di Tora declared an average taxable income of 17,894 euros, below the provincial average (22,743 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Castel di Tora is in climate zone E, with 2,469 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 607 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castel di Tora has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.3 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 1.6% of the land in Castel di Tora, compared with 3.2% in the province and 8.2% 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 Castel di Tora.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castel di Tora: 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 Castel di Tora 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 8 inhabited census areas in Castel di Tora. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 057013. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.