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Fano Adriano: 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: Rione Piano 1, Fano Adriano.

Fano Adriano, below the Gran Sasso in the Vomano valley

Fano Adriano looks onto the Teramo side of the Gran Sasso from the middle Vomano valley, at about seven hundred and fifty metres, inside the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park. Around the village are beech and chestnut woods, meadows and mountain faces. It is a small place, with an old stone core and some newer buildings on the edges.

For buyers, distance from services is the key point. There is a pharmacy in the village, but schools, hospital and shops are down the valley towards Montorio al Vomano and Teramo. The valley road also connects to the motorway towards L'Aquila and Rome. If you want a mountain home for summer or winter sports, this is a quiet base. The climate zone is E, with cold winters.

The village has lost many residents. Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 262 in 2023, against 354 in 2011, a fall of 26.0%. The average age is 56.6, well above the 46.7 of the province of Teramo, and over-65s make up 38.2%. Foreign residents account for 1.1%. Declared incomes, on the other hand, are above the provincial average.

Earthquakes are the central issue here. Fano Adriano is in seismic zone 1, the most hazardous on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 10 of the 47 municipalities in the province, and expected acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.246 g. Before buying you need a technical survey of the building and the paperwork for any repair or strengthening work. The report adds landslides and slope for the address from the official maps, together with the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Village in the Gran Sasso National Park, in the Vomano valley.
  • 262 residents in 2023, down 26.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.246 g.
  • Average age 56.6, against 46.7 in the province.

Overview

Fano Adriano is a municipality in the province of Teramo, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 262 residents, among the smallest in the province (46 of 47).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fano Adriano 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 0.246 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Fano Adriano, 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 26.0%. The estimated average age is 57 years, higher than the province average (47). 38% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 1.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fano Adriano declared an average taxable income of 24,740 euros, above the provincial average (21,288 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fano Adriano is in climate zone E, with 2,606 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 745 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fano Adriano has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 1.5% of the land in Fano Adriano, 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 Fano Adriano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Fano Adriano: 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 Fano Adriano 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 4 inhabited census areas in Fano Adriano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 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 067024. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.