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Ferentillo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Terni, Umbria. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via della Vittoria 1, Ferentillo.

Ferentillo, the Valnerina between fortresses and abbeys

Heading up the Valnerina from Terni, past the Marmore waterfalls, you reach Ferentillo. The village has two parts, Matterella and Precetto, one on each bank of the river Nera, each with its own fortress above the houses. The municipality also has the abbey of San Pietro in Valle and the Mummy Museum, the two sights that bring most visitors, as well as rock faces popular with climbers.

Terni is half an hour's drive and remains the place for work, secondary schools and the hospital. There were 1,777 residents in 2023, down 9.5% on 2011. The average age is 48.4, close to 48.9 for the province, over-65s are 29.5% and foreign residents 7.3%.

Most houses for sale are stone-built, in the two old cores and in the mountain hamlets, with stairs, narrow lanes and little room for a car. Outside the old villages there are newer homes along the valley road.

The Valnerina is an active seismic area. Ferentillo is in zone 1, the highest class set by the Civil Protection Department, and 4 municipalities in the province of Terni are in this zone. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.218 g, so anyone buying a masonry house should ask what structural work has been done and see the paperwork.

Between river and slopes, the report for an address checks the official flood and landslide maps, measures elevation and slope and finds the plot on the cadastral maps of the Revenue Agency.

Key points

  • Valnerina, two old cores on either bank of the Nera.
  • Abbey of San Pietro in Valle and the Mummy Museum.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.218 g.
  • Stone houses: ask about structural work and paperwork.

Overview

Ferentillo is a municipality in the province of Terni, in Umbria. At the end of 2023 it had 1,777 residents, ranked 19 of 33 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ferentillo is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 4 of 33 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.218 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Ferentillo, 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 9.5%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 7.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ferentillo declared an average taxable income of 21,754 euros, below the provincial average (23,539 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ferentillo is in climate zone D, with 1,838 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 260 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ferentillo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 1.9% of the land in Ferentillo, compared with 4.7% in the province and 5.3% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no open contaminated sites in Ferentillo; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ferentillo: 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 Ferentillo 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 36 inhabited census areas in Ferentillo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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 055012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.