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Pesaro: 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 Dante 7, Milan.

Pesaro, a seaside town that lives all year round

Pesaro is a seaside town that does not shut down when summer ends. It lies on the Adriatic at the mouth of the river Foglia, it is the birthplace of the composer Gioachino Rossini, celebrated every year with an opera festival, and it has long been one of Italy's furniture-making centres. With 95,392 residents at the end of 2023 it is the largest municipality in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in the Marche region, and home to 27.3% of the people living across the province's 50 municipalities.

The population has grown slightly since the 2011 census (-0.6%). The estimated average age is 47.9, a year above the provincial figure, and 26.6% of residents are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 7.7% of the population.

Earthquake classification is the same everywhere in the province: all 50 municipalities are in seismic zone 2, the second highest of the four hazard classes used by Italy's Civil Protection Department. In Pesaro's built-up area the expected ground acceleration is about 0.183 g, which counts as medium-high. For anyone looking at a flat in an older block, the useful questions are when the building was designed and whether its structure has been upgraded since.

Pharmacies are thinner on the ground than in the rest of the province: the Ministry of Health lists 25 in the town, or 0.26 per 1,000 residents against a provincial average of 0.39.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, so the report can work out a building's sheet and parcel numbers (foglio and particella) from the street address. Two things cannot be summed up for the town as a whole and are checked at the exact address instead: flood and landslide hazard, which varies a great deal in a place set between a river, the sea and the hills, and the price range of the local area, which the report gives as a band rather than a single figure.

Key points

  • Largest municipality in the province, with 27.3% of its residents.
  • Population up slightly since 2011 (-0.6%).
  • Whole province in seismic zone 2; expected ground acceleration about 0.183 g.
  • 25 pharmacies, fewer per resident than the provincial average.

Overview

Pesaro is the capital of the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 95,392 residents, the most populous municipality in the province. 27% of the province's residents live here.

Earthquakes

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

For anyone buying in Pesaro, 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Pesaro.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pesaro has 76 schools and 25 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 54 grocery shops and supermarkets, 69 healthcare facilities, 140 sports facilities and 35 parks and green areas.

There are 0.7 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Pesaro: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 041044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.