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Colle di Tora: 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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Colle di Tora, the village on a promontory in Lake Turano

Colle di Tora stands on a promontory reaching into Lake Turano, the reservoir of the Turano valley in the province of Rieti. Its houses step down towards the water and the village, at around 540 metres, is ringed by wooded hills. In summer it fills with visitors, especially at weekends, and the lakeside restaurants are busy.

Tourism shows in the services too: 35.42 places to eat and drink per 1,000 residents, against 5.67 across the province. For buyers this means a market with many second homes and properties used in the warmer months, where car access is worth assessing. For schools, hospital and offices Rieti is the reference; Rome is a good hour or more by car, depending on the route.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 367 residents in 2023, 4.4% fewer than in 2011. The estimated average age is 50.9, against 48.1 for the province, and over-65s make up 32.2%. Foreign residents are 8.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The Rieti area is seismic: Colle di Tora is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 59 other municipalities in the province, while 13 are in zone 1, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.167 g. For masonry houses in the village, a structural survey before buying is advisable. Near the shore, the official landslide and flood maps for the address also count.

Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available and the report finds the land parcel.

Key points

  • Village on a promontory in Lake Turano, province of Rieti.
  • 35.42 places to eat per 1,000 residents: busy summer tourism.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.167 g.
  • 367 residents in 2023, many second homes.

Overview

Colle di Tora is a municipality in the province of Rieti, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 367 residents, ranked 58 of 73 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Colle di Tora is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2B. 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 0.167 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Colle di Tora, 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 4.4%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 8.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Colle di Tora declared an average taxable income of 18,532 euros, below the provincial average (22,743 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Colle di Tora is in climate zone E, with 2,271 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 542 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Colle di Tora has 2 schools.

The data shows no pharmacies 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 1.7% of the land in Colle di Tora, compared with 3.2% in the province and 8.2% 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 medium. 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 Colle di Tora.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Colle di Tora: 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 Colle di Tora 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 9 inhabited census areas in Colle di Tora. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 057019. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.