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Castiglione a Casauria: 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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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 Roma 1, Castiglione a Casauria.

Castiglione a Casauria, the Pescara valley and San Clemente

On the floor of the Pescara river valley, below Castiglione a Casauria, stands the medieval abbey of San Clemente a Casauria, which lies within the municipality. The village sits higher up, on a hill at about 350 metres, overlooking the valley followed by the motorway and the railway linking Rome and Pescara. The coast and the city of Pescara can be reached by car in reasonable time, and that is where many of the services the village lacks are found.

Homes are mainly village houses on several floors, built into the slope, and newer houses along the roads leading down to the valley. The climate zone is D. For buyers, the exact location of the house matters: on the hill the report measures elevation and gradient and reads the official landslide maps, on the valley floor it reads the Pescara flood maps.

The village has lost many residents. At the end of 2023 there were 712, 161 fewer than the 873 of 2011, a fall of 18.4%. The average age is 49.5 against 46.6 in the province, over-65s make up 28.7% and foreign residents 7.9%. Average declared income is below the provincial level.

Castiglione a Casauria is in seismic zone 1, like 17 other municipalities in the province of Pescara, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.233 g. For a masonry house in the centre, it is wise to have a surveyor check the structure and floors and to ask whether the building has had any seismic improvement work.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report traces an address to its land parcel and building.

Key points

  • Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria on the valley floor.
  • Hill at about 350 metres above the Pescara valley.
  • Residents down 18.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.233 g.

Overview

Castiglione a Casauria is a municipality in the province of Pescara, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 712 residents, ranked 35 of 46 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Castiglione a Casauria 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 0.233 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Castiglione a Casauria, 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 18.4%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Castiglione a Casauria declared an average taxable income of 17,605 euros, below the provincial average (23,063 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Castiglione a Casauria is in climate zone D, with 1,798 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 350 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Castiglione a Casauria has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 5.4% of the land in Castiglione a Casauria, 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

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Castiglione a Casauria.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Castiglione a Casauria: 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 Castiglione a Casauria 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 11 inhabited census areas in Castiglione a Casauria. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 51 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 5.7%
  • fair 94.3%

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 068009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.