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Pozzaglia Sabina: 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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For example: Via Pie Terra 1, Pozzaglia Sabina.

Pozzaglia Sabina, a mountain village in the Sabina

Almost nine hundred metres up, stone houses packed around the old centre and woods all around: Pozzaglia Sabina is a mountain village in the southern part of the province of Rieti, towards the border with the metropolitan city of Rome. Services are few and some way off, so for shopping, the doctor and schools people drive down to the towns in the nearby valleys. Rieti and Rome are both a fair drive away.

Buyers here are nearly always after a cool summer or weekend home, or are taking over a family house. Homes are old and often need work: roof, floors, wiring and plumbing and heating should be assessed before talking price. The official landslide maps, useful for a village built on a slope, are read at the address in the report.

The population is very elderly. In 2023 there were 310 residents, 14.1% fewer than in 2011, according to Istat, Italy's national statistics office; the estimated average age is 59.2, against 48.1 in the province of Rieti, and over-65s make up 46.1%, against 27.1%. Foreign residents account for 11.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The whole province of Rieti carries a medium or high earthquake risk: 13 municipalities are in seismic zone 1 and 60 in zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's national scale. Pozzaglia is in zone 2, with expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.165 g. For a stone house, ask when it was built and what structural work has been done, and have a surveyor assess it before signing a preliminary contract.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published, and the report traces the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Mountain village at almost 900 metres in the Sabina, towards Rome.
  • Average age 59.2, over-65s at 46.1%.
  • 310 residents in 2023, down 14.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.165 g.

Overview

Pozzaglia Sabina is a municipality in the province of Rieti, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 310 residents, ranked 61 of 73 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pozzaglia Sabina 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 0.165 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Pozzaglia Sabina, 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 14.1%. The estimated average age is 59 years, higher than the province average (48). 46% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 11.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pozzaglia Sabina declared an average taxable income of 19,480 euros, below the provincial average (22,743 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pozzaglia Sabina is in climate zone E, with 2,963 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 878 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Pozzaglia Sabina has 1 healthcare facility.

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 1.7% of the land in Pozzaglia Sabina, 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 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 Pozzaglia Sabina.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pozzaglia Sabina: 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 Pozzaglia Sabina 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 8 inhabited census areas in Pozzaglia Sabina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 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 057058. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.