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Montemonaco: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, 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: Viale Stradone 1, Montemonaco.

Montemonaco, at almost 1,000 metres in the Sibillini

Montemonaco sits at almost a thousand metres on the Marche side of the Sibillini mountains, inside the national park. It is the village where the trails to Monte Sibilla and to the Infernaccio gorge begin, and in summer it fills up with walkers and second-home owners.

Altitude shapes everything here. Winters are long and snow is common, and climate zone E has to be taken seriously at this height: insulation, windows and the heating system are the first things to check. Anyone buying a holiday home should allow for the fact that a mountain house left closed for months needs constant upkeep.

The village has lost many residents. There were 635 in 2011 and 533 in 2023, a fall of 16.1%. The average age is 50.1, against 47.8 in the province of Ascoli Piceno; over-65s make up 32.1% (27.0% in the province) and foreign residents 9.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard matters here. Montemonaco is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection department's national scale, like 31 other municipalities out of 33 in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.203 g in the built-up area. In this part of the Apennines many buildings have been repaired or rebuilt in recent years: ask for the building permits, the structural sign-off and whether any public reconstruction grants are still open on the property.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel and checks the official maps for landslides and slope at that spot.

Key points

  • Sibillini village inside the national park, around 1,000 metres up.
  • Population down 16.1% since 2011, over-65s at 32.1%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.203 g.
  • Long winters: check insulation and heating.

Overview

Montemonaco is a municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 533 residents, among the smallest in the province (30 of 33).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montemonaco is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (32 of 33) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.203 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Montemonaco, 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 16.1%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 32% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 9.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montemonaco declared an average taxable income of 19,329 euros, below the provincial average (22,837 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montemonaco is in climate zone E, with 2,757 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 988 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montemonaco has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 1.4% of the land in Montemonaco, compared with 6.5% 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 Montemonaco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montemonaco: 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 Montemonaco 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 26 inhabited census areas in Montemonaco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 59.3%
  • good 40.7%

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 044044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.