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Longone Sabino: what to know before buying a home

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

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Longone Sabino, a mountain village in the Rieti Sabina

In Longone Sabino, over-65s make up 40.5% of residents, against 27.1% in the province of Rieti. It is a mountain village in the Sabina area, at around 800 metres, with a stone-built centre and a few hamlets around it, among woods and pastures. Rieti is the provincial capital and the reference town for work and services.

In 2023 there were 516 residents, down 11.5% on the 583 of 2011, and the average age is 54.9 against 48.1 in the province. Foreign residents are 7.0%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average. With such an elderly population, many houses change hands through inheritance: before negotiating, ask the notary (the public official who handles property sales) to check the chain of title and that all heirs agree.

Houses in the centre are masonry-built, often on several levels, with roofs and floors to check. At this height winters are cold (climate zone E) and heating is a real cost; anyone looking for a summer house should allow for upkeep during the months it stays closed.

Longone Sabino is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 60 of the 73 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.187 g. For an old building, ask whether seismic improvement work has been done and what paperwork exists.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel, reading slope and landslide hazard for the plot on the official maps.

Key points

  • Mountain village in the Sabina, around 800 metres.
  • Over-65s at 40.5%, against 27.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.187 g.
  • Inherited houses: check the chain of title with the notary.

Overview

Longone Sabino is a municipality in the province of Rieti, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 516 residents, ranked 50 of 73 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Longone Sabino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2B. Most municipalities in the province (60 of 73) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.187 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Longone Sabino, 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 11.5%. The estimated average age is 55 years, higher than the province average (48). 41% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 7.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Longone Sabino declared an average taxable income of 19,841 euros, below the provincial average (22,743 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Longone Sabino is in climate zone E, with 2,828 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 804 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.3 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 Longone Sabino, compared with 3.2% in the province and 8.2% 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 no contaminated sites in Longone Sabino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Longone Sabino: 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 Longone Sabino 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 18 inhabited census areas in Longone Sabino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 44.0%
  • good 56.0%

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 057034. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.