Monte San Martino: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Macerata, Marche. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Monte San Martino, Macerata hills below the Sibillini
With 685 residents in 2023, Monte San Martino is a hill municipality in the province of Macerata, on high ground at around 600 metres in the band of hills that rises towards the Sibillini mountains. The old centre is gathered at the top, with fields and scattered houses spread around it.
Compared with 2011, when there were 792 residents, the population has fallen by 13.5%. The estimated average age is 49.0, against 47.2 for the province, and over-65s make up 29.5%. Households have 2.46 members on average and foreign residents are 7.6%. Average declared incomes are below the provincial level.
For a buyer the main question is seismic. In the province of Macerata, 6 municipalities are in zone 1 and 49 in zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification; Monte San Martino is in zone 2, with an expected acceleration of about 0.177 g. After the 2016 earthquakes many damage and reconstruction claims were opened across the province: before buying, ask whether the building was damaged, what surveys were done and whether it received grants, because the answer changes both the value and the work to plan for.
Daily life needs a car: secondary schools, the hospital and jobs are in the larger towns down in the valleys. There are 8.76 bars and restaurants per 1,000 residents, more than the provincial average of 5.95, a sign of a village that also gets visitors.
Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, and the report traces the address to its land parcel. On the slopes of the hill, landslide hazard has to be checked for each address, which the report does using the official maps.
Key points
- Hill municipality near Macerata, in the band towards the Sibillini.
- 685 residents, down 13.5% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2: always ask about 2016 damage and claims.
- Expected acceleration in the village about 0.177 g.
Overview
Monte San Martino is a municipality in the province of Macerata, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 685 residents, ranked 45 of 55 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Monte San Martino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (49 of 55) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.177 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 Martino, 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 13.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Monte San Martino declared an average taxable income of 19,212 euros, below the provincial average (23,312 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Monte San Martino is in climate zone E, with 2,345 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 603 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Monte San Martino has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 4.3% of the land in Monte San Martino, compared with 5.7% in the province and 7.0% 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 Monte San Martino.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Monte San Martino: 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 Martino 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 13 inhabited census areas in Monte San Martino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 47.7%
- good 52.3%
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
- 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 043032. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.