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Poggio San Vicino: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via Giacomo Leopardi 1, Poggio San Vicino.

Poggio San Vicino, on the slopes of Monte San Vicino

Monte San Vicino, a standalone mountain in inland Marche, gives its name to this small municipality in the province of Macerata, built on its slopes at around five hundred metres. The landscape mixes woods, pastures and fields, with a compact centre and houses scattered along the roads climbing towards the mountain. For services, secondary schools and hospital, people travel to the larger towns of the area or to Macerata.

Here earthquakes come first. Poggio San Vicino is in zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 49 of the 55 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.174 g in the built-up area. Before buying, ask when the building was put up, whether it has suffered and repaired any damage, and what seismic improvement work has been done, with the engineering project, and have a surveyor you trust read through it all.

The population has dropped considerably: Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 218 residents in 2023, against 297 in 2011, a fall of 26.6%. The estimated average age is 53.3, against 47.2 in the province, and over-65s make up 37.6%. Foreign residents account for 8.3%, and households have 2.10 members on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Winters are cold (climate zone E), so in older houses insulation and the boiler weigh on running costs. On the slopes, the report checks the official landslide hazard maps for the address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces the land parcel from the address and measures the distance to the pharmacy, schools and shops.

Key points

  • Village on the slopes of Monte San Vicino, province of Macerata.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.174 g.
  • 218 residents in 2023, down 26.6% since 2011.
  • Before buying, ask about repaired damage and seismic upgrades.

Overview

Poggio San Vicino is a municipality in the province of Macerata, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 218 residents, among the smallest in the province (53 of 55).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Poggio San Vicino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (49 of 55) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.174 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Poggio San Vicino, 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 26.6%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (47). 38% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 8.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Poggio San Vicino declared an average taxable income of 18,056 euros, below the provincial average (23,312 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Poggio San Vicino is in climate zone E, with 2,235 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 509 metres above sea level.

Services

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 3.4% of the land in Poggio San Vicino, compared with 5.7% 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 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 Poggio San Vicino.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Poggio San Vicino: 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 Poggio San Vicino 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 6 inhabited census areas in Poggio San Vicino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 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 043040. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.