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Gatteo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Salvador Allende 2, Gatteo.

Gatteo, an inland town with a beach resort on the Riviera

Gatteo has two sides: the town itself, inland between Savignano sul Rubicone and Cesenatico, and Gatteo a Mare, its beach resort on the Romagna Riviera between Cesenatico and San Mauro Mare. The area belongs to the Rubicone district, known among other things for its shoe factories.

Buyers need to decide which of the two markets they are entering. In Gatteo a Mare holiday flats, hotels and second homes dominate, with rents and prices driven by the summer season; inland there are detached and terraced houses and blocks of flats for people who live and work in the area all year. Cesena and Rimini are the towns to go to for hospitals and offices.

By Romagna standards it is young: the average age is 44.1 against 46.8 for the province, and over-65s make up 20.1% compared with 25.2%. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 9,416 residents in 2023, up 5.7% on 2011; foreign nationals account for 10.6%. Incomes are below the provincial average.

All 30 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's map, and in Gatteo the expected ground acceleration is about 0.185 g. For a seaside flat in a 1960s or 1970s block, ask about the state of the structure as well as the facades, balconies and steelwork exposed to salt air.

The land near the coast, along the Rubicone and the drainage channels, is low: flood risk should be checked at the exact address. The report does this and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Inland town plus the beach resort of Gatteo a Mare.
  • Average age 44.1, younger than the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, like the whole province.
  • By the sea: salt air, structures and seasonal rents.

Overview

Gatteo is a municipality in the province of Forlì-Cesena, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 9,416 residents, ranked 10 of 30 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Gatteo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 30 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.185 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Gatteo, 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 grown by 5.7%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 10.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Gatteo declared an average taxable income of 21,844 euros, below the provincial average (24,445 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Gatteo is in climate zone E, with 2,175 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 20 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Gatteo has 9 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 18 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 1.0 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).

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 25.1% of the land in Gatteo, compared with 7.4% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 6.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Gatteo is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. 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 open contaminated sites in Gatteo; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Gatteo: 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 Gatteo 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 39 inhabited census areas in Gatteo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.1%
  • fair 67.6%
  • good 29.3%

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 040016. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.