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Montecosaro: 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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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, Montecosaro.

Montecosaro, a hilltop town and its Scalo in the Chienti valley

Montecosaro has two halves. On the hilltop is the old town, looking over the Chienti valley and the coast; below it is Montecosaro Scalo, which grew up around the railway and the road linking Civitanova Marche with Macerata, and where much of the population now lives among newer housing, industrial units and shops.

On the plain near the river stands Santa Maria a piè di Chienti, one of the most important Romanesque buildings in the Marche.

What you buy depends a lot on altitude. The Scalo has newer flats and detached houses, a few minutes from the beach at Civitanova and from the roads to Macerata and the Adriatic motorway. On the hill the houses are older, often brick, with views but steep streets and less parking.

It is a growing town, and young for the Marche. Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 7,395 residents in 2023, up 6.9% since 2011; the estimated average age is 43.7 against 47.2 for the province of Macerata, and over-65s make up 20.9% against 26.5%. Households average 2.67 people and foreign residents account for 7.2%.

Seismic hazard is typical of the inland Marche. The Civil Protection Department (Protezione Civile) places Montecosaro in zone 2, like 48 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.183 g. Before buying, ask for the date of the structural design and a list of any work done on the building; for a brick house in the old town, an engineer's inspection is money well spent.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report goes from the address to the plot. In the Scalo, near the Chienti, flood hazard matters; on the hillsides, landslides. Both are read for the individual address.

Key points

  • Old town on the hill, the Scalo down in the Chienti valley.
  • Up 6.9% since 2011; over-65s at 20.9%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.183 g.
  • Floods in the Scalo, landslides on the hill: check by address.

Overview

Montecosaro is a municipality in the province of Macerata, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 7,395 residents, ranked 14 of 55 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montecosaro 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 0.183 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Montecosaro, 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 grown by 6.9%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montecosaro declared an average taxable income of 22,218 euros, in line with the province (23,312 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montecosaro is in climate zone D, with 1,934 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 252 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montecosaro has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 7 healthcare facilities, 9 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

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 13.7% of the land in Montecosaro, compared with 5.7% in the province and 7.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list 27 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Montecosaro. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montecosaro: 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 Montecosaro 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 49 inhabited census areas in Montecosaro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.2%
  • fair 27.6%
  • good 70.2%

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 043028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.