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Filetto: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Chieti, 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: Contrada Calvario 1, Filetto.

Filetto, a small village in the Chieti hills

In the province of Chieti, hills fill almost all the space between the sea and the Majella, and Filetto is one of the villages dotted across them, at around 400 metres, with the mountains in the background and a countryside of olive groves, vineyards and fields. For major services and work, people look to Chieti and the valley towns.

The village has lost many residents. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 832 residents at the end of 2023, against 1,026 in 2011, down 18.9%. The average age is 51.8, against 47.4 for the province, and over-65s are 32.8%, while province-wide they are 26.4%. Declared average income is below the provincial figure.

Most houses are family homes handed down through generations: multi-storey masonry buildings in the centre, houses with land outside the village. In older houses, damp, systems and windows often need work, and that belongs in the sums before making an offer. The climate zone is D.

For earthquakes, Filetto is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.163 g. The province has 22 municipalities in zone 1, 55 in zone 2 and 27 in zone 3. Before buying a masonry building, a structural check is worthwhile, along with the paperwork for any work already done, which also shows whether building tax credits are still running.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published and the report traces the address to its land parcel. On the clay slopes of the hills, the official landslide maps are read for the plot, not as an average for the municipality.

Key points

  • Chieti hills, at around 400 metres, with the Majella behind.
  • Population down 18.9% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 32.8%, against 26.4% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2: structural check and paperwork for past work.

Overview

Filetto is a municipality in the province of Chieti, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 832 residents, ranked 66 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Filetto is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (55 of 104) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Filetto, 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 18.9%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (47). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 4.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Filetto declared an average taxable income of 18,126 euros, below the provincial average (21,427 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Filetto is in climate zone D, with 1,801 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 403 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 5.5% of the land in Filetto, compared with 6.4% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.3 hectares.

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 Filetto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Filetto: 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 Filetto 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 12 inhabited census areas in Filetto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 15.1%
  • fair 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 069032. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.