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Montasola: 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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For example: Via del Poggio 1, Montasola.

Montasola, a hilltop village in the Sabina

Montasola sits on top of a hill in the Sabina, in the province of Rieti, at about 600 metres. The old centre is a cluster of stone houses packed around steep lanes, with countryside and woods falling away on every side. For work and services, people drive to the larger towns of the area.

What you find for sale here is mainly houses in the old village, often on several levels with steep internal stairs, and a few farmhouses in the countryside. Cars can only get so far into the centre: before deciding, work out where you would park, how you would carry shopping and building materials up, and whether the building has had any recent work.

The population is almost stable. In 2023 there were 392 residents, only 2.7% fewer than in 2011 (11 people). The estimated average age is 49.8, close to the provincial 48.1, while over-65s are 31.6%, above the provincial 27.1%. Foreign residents are 4.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Montasola is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's national scale, like 59 other municipalities in the province of Rieti; the remaining 13 are in zone 1. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.159 g. In a village house, often built against its neighbours, what matters is how walls and floors are tied together and what work has been done on the whole block: asking the town hall for the paperwork is the first step.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality and the report traces the address to its land parcel. On the sides of the hill, landslide hazard varies from spot to spot, and the official maps show it for the plot.

Key points

  • Hilltop village in the Sabina, at around 600 metres.
  • 392 residents in 2023, almost stable since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.159 g.
  • Village houses: check access, parking and work on the block.

Overview

Montasola is a municipality in the province of Rieti, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 392 residents, ranked 54 of 73 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montasola 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 0.159 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Montasola, 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 2.7%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 4.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montasola declared an average taxable income of 19,693 euros, below the provincial average (22,743 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montasola is in climate zone E, with 2,464 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 604 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Montasola has 1 green area.

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 2.4% of the land in Montasola, 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 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 Montasola.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montasola: 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 Montasola 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 8 inhabited census areas in Montasola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 45.3%
  • good 54.7%

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 057039. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.