Monte San Giovanni in Sabina: 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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Monte San Giovanni in Sabina, a hill village near Rieti
This is the Sabina, the hill country of the province of Rieti in northern Lazio, and the town hall stands at around 700 metres. Monte San Giovanni in Sabina is a small place, with its old centre clustered at the top and houses scattered through the farmland and woods around it. Rieti is the town people rely on for work, offices and the hospital, reached by car on provincial roads.
The figures describe a village losing permanent residents. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 647 inhabitants, 105 fewer than the 752 of 2011, a fall of 14.0%. The average age is 51.1 against 48.1 in the province, over-65s are 31.4% and foreign residents 8.7%. Average declared income is a little below the provincial level.
For anyone thinking of a house here, often as a second home or for a quieter life, the access road, the aspect and the condition of the roof matter more than floor area. The climate is zone E: heating is a real cost in winter, and a house left closed for months should be checked for damp and for the state of its systems.
Much of the province of Rieti is exposed to earthquakes: 13 municipalities are in zone 1 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, and Monte San Giovanni in Sabina is one of 60 in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.162 g. Before buying a masonry building, find out whether it has had seismic upgrading and whether an engineer's report exists.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available, and the report starts from the address to reach the plot. For an isolated house on a slope, elevation, gradient and the landslide areas on the official maps are worth reading too.
Key points
- Hill village in the Sabina, with Rieti as the nearby town.
- 647 residents, 105 fewer than in 2011.
- Over-65s at 31.4%, average age 51.1.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.162 g.
Overview
Monte San Giovanni in Sabina is a municipality in the province of Rieti, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 647 residents, ranked 41 of 73 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Monte San Giovanni in Sabina 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 0.162 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Monte San Giovanni in Sabina, 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 14.0%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (48). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 8.7% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Monte San Giovanni in Sabina declared an average taxable income of 21,535 euros, below the provincial average (22,743 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Monte San Giovanni in Sabina is in climate zone E, with 2,690 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 728 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Monte San Giovanni in Sabina has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 Monte San Giovanni in Sabina, 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 Monte San Giovanni in Sabina.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Monte San Giovanni in Sabina: 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 Monte San Giovanni in Sabina 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 16 inhabited census areas in Monte San Giovanni in Sabina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 56.5%
- good 43.5%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 057043. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.