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Montelabbate: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, 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 Provinciale 1, Montelabbate.

Montelabbate, a hilltop village above the Foglia valley

There are really two Montelabbates. Up on a hill overlooking the Foglia valley, inland from Pesaro, is the old village; down below, along the valley road, Osteria Nuova has grown up with workshops, industrial units and recent housing estates. The municipality also contains the old abbey church of San Tommaso in Foglia, a Romanesque building standing on its own in the countryside.

For a buyer the contrast is clear. On the hill the houses are older, with views and little traffic; in the valley the buildings are newer, services are closer and the main road is busier. Pesaro, the sea and the motorway are a drive down the valley.

In a province where many inland villages are losing people, Montelabbate is growing: 7,086 residents in 2023, up 5.5% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. It is also young, with an average age of 42.5 against 46.9 for the province of Pesaro and Urbino, over-65s at 17.5% against 25.3%, and households of 2.59 people on average. Foreign residents make up 11.5%. Some services have not kept pace: Overture Maps lists 1.83 bars and restaurants per 1,000 residents against 5.95 in the province, and for many errands people go to Pesaro.

All 50 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 2 under the Civil Protection classification; in Montelabbate the expected ground acceleration is about 0.185 g, a mid-range value. For houses built before the 1980s it is worth asking for the structural design and any later work, and for recent homes the final structural inspection certificate.

On the valley floor, the Foglia and the streams running into it need checking against the flood maps, while on the hillsides landslides are the issue; the report reads both for the individual address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report can trace the land parcel.

Key points

  • Hilltop village plus Osteria Nuova in the Foglia valley, near Pesaro.
  • Population up 5.5% since 2011.
  • Average age 42.5, against 46.9 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.185 g.

Overview

Montelabbate is a municipality in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 7,086 residents, ranked 12 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montelabbate is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 50 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.185 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Montelabbate, 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 5.5%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (47). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 11.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montelabbate declared an average taxable income of 22,843 euros, in line with the province (23,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montelabbate is in climate zone E, with 2,144 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 65 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montelabbate has 7 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 16.0% of the land in Montelabbate, compared with 6.8% in the province and 7.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Montelabbate, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. 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 Montelabbate: 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 Montelabbate 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 30 inhabited census areas in Montelabbate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.9%
  • fair 96.1%
  • good 1.0%

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 041036. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.