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Crognaleto: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Teramo, 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 Nazionale 1, Crognaleto.

Crognaleto, Laga mountain hamlets on the Vomano

Crognaleto is a mountain municipality made up of many hamlets spread across the upper Vomano valley, between the Laga mountains and the Gran Sasso, inside the national park named after both ranges. The territory is large, covered in woods and pasture and crossed by the main road that climbs the valley into inland Abruzzo. Among the hamlets is Senarica, known for its history as a tiny republic.

The property market consists almost entirely of stone houses in the hamlets, many in need of restoration, plus a few newer homes along the valley. Teramo is the reference point for hospital care, secondary schools and offices, reached by car down the Vomano. The climate zone is E: long winters, frequent snow and mountain roads to drive every day. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Depopulation is severe: 1,059 residents in 2023, 25.2% fewer than in 2011, or 357 people, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The average age is 53.1 against 46.7 in the province, and over-65s are 36.4%, compared with 24.8% provincially. Households are small, averaging 1.69 people.

In the province of Teramo, 10 municipalities are in seismic zone 1 and 37 in zone 2. Crognaleto is in zone 1, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.252 g. For a stone house, ask for the paperwork on any structural work and get an engineer's assessment before making an offer.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces the address back to the plot. With hamlets at different heights and on different slopes, gradient, landslides and streams are checked on the official maps for each individual house.

Key points

  • Mountain hamlets in the upper Vomano valley, between the Laga and Gran Sasso.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.252 g.
  • Residents down 25.2% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 36.4%, households of 1.69 people on average.

Overview

Crognaleto is a municipality in the province of Teramo, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 1,059 residents, ranked 38 of 47 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Crognaleto is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 10 of 47 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.252 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Crognaleto, 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 25.2%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (47). 36% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 4.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Crognaleto declared an average taxable income of 20,241 euros, in line with the province (21,288 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Crognaleto is in climate zone E, with 2,767 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 835 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Crognaleto has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 1.1% of the land in Crognaleto, compared with 6.7% in the province and 5.1% 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 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 Crognaleto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Crognaleto: 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 Crognaleto 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 30 inhabited census areas in Crognaleto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.7%
  • fair 97.3%

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 067023. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.