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Montenero Sabino: 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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Montenero Sabino, a hill village in the Sabina

In the Sabina hills of the province of Rieti, covered in olive trees and oak, Montenero Sabino is a small village gathered around its upper part, at about four hundred and fifty metres. The old houses crowd along narrow lanes, while outside the centre there are newer homes and farmhouses scattered through the countryside.

Many people choose it for a country house within reasonable reach of Rome, but daily life needs a car. There is a pharmacy; for everything else you go to the larger Sabina towns or to Rieti. In the old village, check car access, internal stairs and the state of the roofs; in country houses, the water supply and how waste water is drained. The climate zone is E.

According to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, there were 267 residents in 2023, down 9.5% from 295 in 2011. It is an old community, with an average age of 54.5 against 48.1 in the province and over-65s at 39.0%. Foreign residents account for 8.6%. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 60 of the 73 municipalities in the province of Rieti, and expected acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.162 g. Before buying an old masonry house, get a structural opinion and ask about any strengthening work already done. For slopes and landslides at the exact address, the report consults the official maps, working from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, which are available here too.

Key points

  • Small hill village in the Sabina, province of Rieti.
  • 267 residents in 2023, down 9.5% since 2011.
  • Average age 54.5, over-65s at 39.0%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.162 g.

Overview

Montenero Sabino is a municipality in the province of Rieti, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 267 residents, ranked 64 of 73 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Montenero Sabino 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 Montenero Sabino, 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 9.5%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (48). 39% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Montenero Sabino declared an average taxable income of 20,005 euros, below the provincial average (22,743 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Montenero Sabino is in climate zone E, with 2,184 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 450 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Montenero Sabino has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.3 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 1.5% of the land in Montenero Sabino, 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 Montenero Sabino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Montenero Sabino: 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 Montenero Sabino 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 Montenero Sabino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 057042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.