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Fiastra: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Macerata, Marche. 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 Giacomo Leopardi 1, Fiastra.

Fiastra, the lake and the Marche side of the Sibillini

Lake Fiastra, a reservoir on the Fiastrone stream, is what most visitors know about this municipality. In summer its shores fill with swimmers, walkers and families on holiday; for the rest of the year Fiastra goes back to being a mountain municipality inside the Monti Sibillini National Park, with woods, pastures and scattered hamlets.

Since 2017 the municipality has also included the former municipality of Acquacanina, merged into Fiastra. There are many hamlets, some far apart, so anyone looking for a home should focus on the specific locality rather than the municipality's name: some buy near the lake for the summer, others choose a higher, more isolated cluster. Winters are cold, and the hospital and secondary schools are in the lower towns of the province of Macerata.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 606 residents, 94 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 13.4%. The population is much older than in the province of Macerata as a whole: an average age of 53.5 against 47.2, and over-65s at 36.3% against 26.5%.

Fiastra is in seismic zone 2, like 48 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is around 0.205 g. Before buying, ask whether the building has suffered damage, what repairs were made and under which permits and grants, and check that it is certified as fit for use.

Cadastral maps are published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), and the report finds the land parcel from the address. On the slopes and along the streams, conditions vary a lot: landslides and flooding are checked on the official maps for the location of the house.

Key points

  • Lake Fiastra municipality, in the Monti Sibillini National Park.
  • Since 2017 it includes the former municipality of Acquacanina.
  • Over-65s at 36.3%, against 26.5% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration around 0.205 g.

Overview

Fiastra is a municipality in the province of Macerata, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 606 residents, ranked 46 of 55 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fiastra is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (49 of 55) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.205 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Fiastra, 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 13.4%. 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 7.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fiastra declared an average taxable income of 20,104 euros, below the provincial average (23,312 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fiastra is in climate zone E, with 2,496 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 732 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fiastra has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 2.0% of the land in Fiastra, compared with 5.7% in the province and 7.0% 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Fiastra. 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 Fiastra: 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 Fiastra 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 34 inhabited census areas in Fiastra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 15.1%
  • good 84.9%

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 043017. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.