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Cittaducale: 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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For example: Corso Giuseppe Mazzini 1, Cittaducale.

Cittaducale, an Angevin new town on the Via Salaria near Rieti

Cittaducale is a few minutes from Rieti, along the ancient Via Salaria as it climbs towards Abruzzo. The Angevin kings of Naples founded it at the start of the fourteenth century as a border town of their kingdom, naming it after Duke Robert, later King Robert of Anjou. The historic centre still has the regular plan of a planned town, with straight streets and a central square. Until 1927, when the province of Rieti was created, it belonged to the province of L'Aquila.

The municipality is large and varied. Besides the town on its hill there are hamlets in the hills and mountains and, down on the plain towards Rieti, Santa Rufina with the industrial estate. People who work in Rieti find short journeys and cheaper houses here; anyone set on a stone house in the old centre should budget for the usual work that old buildings need.

At the end of 2023 there were 6,411 residents according to Istat, the national statistics office, down 7.1% since 2011. Cittaducale is one of the most populous municipalities in the province; the average age is 48.1, the same as the provincial figure, and foreign residents account for 6.2%. Declared incomes are a little above the Rieti average.

The Rieti area is seismically active. Cittaducale is in zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.204 g, and 13 municipalities in the province are in zone 1, the highest. In a house in the old centre or any masonry building, ask whether structural work was done after the earthquakes that have struck central Italy in recent decades, and get the paperwork.

The river Velino flows across the plain below the town: for homes down there the report checks the flood maps, for those on the slopes the landslide maps. The cadastral maps are published, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Angevin planned town on the Via Salaria, minutes from Rieti.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.204 g.
  • Population down 7.1% since 2011, average age 48.1.
  • Incomes slightly above the average for the province of Rieti.

Overview

Cittaducale is a municipality in the province of Rieti, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 6,411 residents, the third most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cittaducale is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2A. 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 0.204 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cittaducale, 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 7.1%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cittaducale declared an average taxable income of 23,775 euros, in line with the province (22,743 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cittaducale is in climate zone E, with 2,240 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 481 metres above sea level.

Services

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

There are 0.3 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

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 5.0% of the land in Cittaducale, compared with 3.2% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Cittaducale. 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 Cittaducale: 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 Cittaducale 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 56 inhabited census areas in Cittaducale. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 9.7%
  • good 90.1%

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 057016. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.