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Pietracamela: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Strada Provinciale 43 1, Pietracamela.

Pietracamela, the stone village and Prati di Tivo

Pietracamela's houses are built hard against the rock, above a thousand metres on the Teramo side of the Gran Sasso, with the mountain closing the view behind the village. Higher up, within the municipality, lies Prati di Tivo, the ski and hiking resort where hotels, holiday flats and residences are concentrated.

The two parts of the municipality are two different markets. In the old village you buy stone houses, narrow and on several floors, often needing work and reached on foot. At Prati di Tivo there are mostly flats in apartment blocks used for skiing and summer holidays, where service charges, heating and the state of shared systems matter. Either way, climate zone F means long, cold winters, and jobs and services are down in the valley towards Teramo.

The resident population has collapsed. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 207 people in 2023, against 304 in 2011: 97 fewer, a fall of 31.9%. The estimated average age is 57.0, while in the province of Teramo it is 46.7; over-65s make up 41.1% and foreign residents 3.4%.

Pietracamela is in seismic zone 1, the highest, shared by only 10 of the 47 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.246 g. For a stone building or an apartment block from the years of the ski boom, asking for the construction date, structural checks and any strengthening work is the first step. On the slopes the report reads the official landslide maps for the address, and Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published.

Key points

  • Stone village on the Gran Sasso; Prati di Tivo is within the municipality.
  • 207 residents in 2023, down 31.9% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 41.1%, against 24.8% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 1, like 10 of 47 municipalities in the province.

Overview

Pietracamela is a municipality in the province of Teramo, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 207 residents, among the smallest in the province (47 of 47).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pietracamela is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 10 of 47 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.246 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Pietracamela, 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 31.9%. The estimated average age is 57 years, higher than the province average (47). 41% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pietracamela declared an average taxable income of 18,087 euros, below the provincial average (21,288 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pietracamela is in climate zone F, with 3,077 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,005 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pietracamela has 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility and 2 parks and green areas.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 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 1.0% of the land in Pietracamela, compared with 6.7% in the province and 5.1% 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 open contaminated sites in Pietracamela; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pietracamela: 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 Pietracamela 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 7 inhabited census areas in Pietracamela. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.4%
  • fair 98.6%

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 067034. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.