Chiaravalle: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Ancona, Marche. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Chiaravalle, the abbey town in the lower Esino valley
The name comes from the Cistercian abbey of Santa Maria in Castagnola, around which the town grew up in the lower Esino valley, between Jesi and the sea. Chiaravalle is also where Maria Montessori was born. For a long time the state tobacco factory was one of the main employers in the area, and its large building remains part of the town's history.
The location is convenient. Falconara, the Marche regional airport and the coast are a few minutes away, and Ancona and Jesi are easy to reach on the Vallesina dual carriageway or by train: Chiaravalle station is on the line from Ancona to Fabriano and Rome. Buyers mostly find flats in apartment blocks and houses in the centre; homes close to the main road and the railway are worth visiting with noise in mind.
The population is shrinking and getting older. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 14,260 residents, down 4.0% on 2011, which made Chiaravalle number 8 in the province of Ancona by size. Over-65s are 27.2%, slightly above the provincial 26.2%, and households are small, with 2.17 members on average. Foreign residents are 7.3%.
All 47 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 2 on the scale kept by the Civil Protection Department. In Chiaravalle the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.183 g, a fairly high value. In apartment blocks built before the current rules, ask for the design year and whether the owners' meeting has already discussed structural checks or work.
The town is on flat land close to the Esino, so the first question is flooding. The report checks it for the exact address on the official maps, together with landslide hazard in the surrounding hills. The Revenue Agency publishes its cadastral maps, and the address can be traced to its land parcel.
Key points
- Abbey town and birthplace of Maria Montessori, on the Esino.
- Station on the Ancona to Rome line, airport and coast close by.
- 14,260 residents, down 4.0% since 2011.
- Whole province in seismic zone 2, acceleration 0.183 g.
Overview
Chiaravalle is a municipality in the province of Ancona, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 14,260 residents, ranked 8 of 47 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chiaravalle is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 47 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.183 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Chiaravalle, 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 4.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chiaravalle declared an average taxable income of 24,232 euros, in line with the province (24,794 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Chiaravalle is in climate zone D, with 1,823 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 22 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Chiaravalle has 9 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 12 grocery shops and supermarkets, 12 healthcare facilities, 12 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.6 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
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 18.7% of the land in Chiaravalle, compared with 9.1% in the province and 7.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 5.0 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Chiaravalle, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Chiaravalle: 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 Chiaravalle 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 51 inhabited census areas in Chiaravalle. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 9.6%
- fair 68.0%
- good 22.4%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 042014. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.