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Mondaino: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna. 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 Roma 1, Mondaino.

Mondaino, the fortress and the frying-pan square

Mondaino sits on the ridge along the border between the province of Rimini and the Marche: on one side lies the Valconca, on the other the hills around Pesaro. The centre is enclosed by the Malatesta fortress and opens onto a semicircular square that locals call the frying pan, because of its shape. In summer the square hosts the Palio de lo Daino, a festival in medieval costume.

The sea at Cattolica and the services of the Riviera are a drive down towards the coast, which is why many people choose these hills. In the old village, houses are masonry-built, packed against each other and on several floors, with little parking. Outside the walls there are small villas and farmhouses among vineyards, olive groves and fields, sometimes reached by narrow, steep lanes.

Since 2011 the village has lost 6.7% of its residents, and in 2023 it had 1,344, according to Istat, the national statistics office. Foreign residents make up 12.4%, over-65s 26.0% against 24.4% across the province, and the average age is 47.9.

On earthquakes the area is uniform: all 27 municipalities in the province of Rimini are in seismic zone 2. In Mondaino the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.183 g. For a house in the old village, ask for the paperwork on any seismic improvement work and look at how the house rests against its neighbours, since walls are often shared in these terraced rows.

On the slopes, where the ground is clay, the report checks the official landslide maps and the gradient for the address, then finds the parcel on the cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Ridge-top village between the Valconca and the Marche.
  • 1,344 residents, down 6.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, like all 27 in the province.
  • Terraced houses in the old village: check shared walls.

Overview

Mondaino is a municipality in the province of Rimini, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 1,344 residents, ranked 21 of 27 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mondaino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 27 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.183 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Mondaino, 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 6.7%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 12.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mondaino declared an average taxable income of 21,056 euros, below the provincial average (22,480 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mondaino is in climate zone E, with 2,669 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 400 metres above sea level.

Services

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

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 5.3% of the land in Mondaino, compared with 12.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Mondaino is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. 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 Mondaino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mondaino: 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 Mondaino 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 19 inhabited census areas in Mondaino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 33.6%
  • good 66.4%

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 099006. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.