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Rotella: what to know before buying a home

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

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Rotella, hill country inland from Ascoli Piceno

Rotella is a hill village in the province of Ascoli Piceno, in the band of high ground between the Adriatic coast and the Sibillini mountains. The area is made up of fields, woods, small hamlets and scattered houses, and daily life depends on the car: Ascoli and the larger towns in the valley are where people go for work, secondary schools and healthcare.

Buyers will find masonry village houses and country farmhouses, often large and in need of renovation. In these cases the cost of the work can weigh as much as the purchase price, so have it estimated first: roof, floors, heating and electrics, damp and access from the road. On hilly land it also helps to look at the slope and the official landslide maps, which the report reads for the address.

The population is old: the average age is 51.6 against 47.8 in the province, and over-65s are 33.5%, against 27.0% across the province. At the end of 2023 there were 789 residents, down 15.7% from the 936 of 2011. Foreign residents make up 8.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Rotella is in seismic zone 2, like 32 of the 33 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.178 g. This part of the Marche knows earthquakes well: for a masonry house, ask whether seismic improvement work has been done, with what paperwork, and whether the building was damaged in the past.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to the land parcel and building, which is particularly useful for country farmhouses where field boundaries are not always obvious.

Key points

  • Hill village between the Adriatic coast and the Sibillini.
  • Average age 51.6, against 47.8 in the province.
  • 789 residents, down 15.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.178 g.

Overview

Rotella is a municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 789 residents, among the smallest in the province (29 of 33).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rotella is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (32 of 33) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.178 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Rotella, 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 15.7%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 8.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rotella declared an average taxable income of 20,706 euros, below the provincial average (22,837 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rotella has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 4.6% of the land in Rotella, compared with 6.5% 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 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 Rotella.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rotella: 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 Rotella 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 Rotella. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 044065. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.