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Castelguidone: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo. 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 Rettifilo 1, Castelguidone.

Castelguidone, mountain country in the Alto Vastese

The Alto Vastese is the most inland and mountainous part of the province of Chieti, on the border with Molise, and Castelguidone is one of its smallest villages, at about seven hundred and fifty metres. Around it are woods, pastures and fields on broad slopes, with provincial roads linking one village to the next. Vasto and the coast are a long way off, and for services and work people rely on the larger towns of the area or head down towards the Trigno valley.

Houses are stone and masonry, grouped in the village, with little recent building. Buyers should look first at the structure and the roof, then at insulation, since climate zone E and the altitude bring cold winters and some snow.

The drop in residents is steep: 285 in 2023 against 416 in 2011, 131 fewer and a fall of 31.5%. The estimated average age is 53.5, against 47.4 in the province of Chieti, over-65s make up 32.6% and foreign residents 2.5%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

For earthquakes, Castelguidone is in seismic zone 2, like 55 of the 104 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.168 g. For a masonry house, ask whether any strengthening work has been done and check that walls and floors are properly tied together. On the slopes, the report also checks the official landslide maps for the exact address.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published for Castelguidone too.

Key points

  • Small mountain village in the Alto Vastese, towards Molise.
  • 285 residents, down 31.5% since 2011.
  • Average age 53.5, against 47.4 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.168 g.

Overview

Castelguidone is a municipality in the province of Chieti, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 285 residents, ranked 91 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castelguidone is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (55 of 104) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.168 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Castelguidone, 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 31.5%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (47). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 2.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castelguidone declared an average taxable income of 18,111 euros, below the provincial average (21,427 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Castelguidone is in climate zone E, with 2,359 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 775 metres above sea level.

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 2.4% of the land in Castelguidone, compared with 6.4% 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Castelguidone. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castelguidone: 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 Castelguidone 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 4 inhabited census areas in Castelguidone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 52 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 40.1%
  • fair 59.9%

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 069019. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.