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Cingoli: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Macerata, 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 Rossini Gioacchino 1, Cingoli.

Cingoli, the balcony of the Marche above the Musone

Cingoli stands over six hundred metres up, and on clear days you can see the Adriatic coast from its walls, which is why it is known as the balcony of the Marche. The walled old town takes up the top of a hill above the Musone valley; further down, on the river, lies Lake Castreccioni, a reservoir created by a dam.

The municipality covers a large area with many scattered hamlets among farmland and woods. Buyers are really choosing between two ways of life: the old town, with stone and brick houses, steep streets and cold winters (climate zone E), or a hamlet in the hills, easier by car but a drive from shops and schools. Either way heating costs more than on the coast, so check the insulation and boiler carefully. Jesi, Osimo and Macerata are the nearest larger towns for work and services.

Cingoli is losing people. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 9,556 residents in 2023, 9.1% fewer than in 2011, a drop of 953. The average age is 48.0, slightly above the provincial 47.2; over-65s are 27.4% of residents and foreign nationals 8.6%.

Every municipality in the province of Macerata is in seismic zone 1 or 2 on the Civil Protection Department's map: 6 in the first and 49 in the second, Cingoli among them, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.175 g. For a masonry house in the old town, ask what seismic strengthening has been done, under which permits and with what public grants.

On the steep slopes below the centre and in the clay hills, landslide risk changes from one spot to another. The report checks it at the address, alongside the cadastral maps, which the Revenue Agency publishes here as well.

Key points

  • Old town over six hundred metres up, with views to the Adriatic.
  • Population down 9.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.175 g.
  • Many scattered hamlets, far from services.

Overview

Cingoli is a municipality in the province of Macerata, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 9,556 residents, ranked 10 of 55 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cingoli is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (49 of 55) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.175 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cingoli, 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 9.1%. 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 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cingoli declared an average taxable income of 22,230 euros, in line with the province (23,312 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cingoli is in climate zone E, with 2,282 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 631 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cingoli has 9 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets 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 5.3% of the land in Cingoli, compared with 5.7% in the province and 7.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.8 hectares.

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 no contaminated sites in Cingoli.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cingoli: 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 Cingoli 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 93 inhabited census areas in Cingoli. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 7.8%
  • fair 74.5%
  • good 17.6%

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 043012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.