San Benedetto in Perillis: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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San Benedetto in Perillis, a mountain village near L'Aquila
Almost nine hundred metres up, a cluster of stone houses with farmland and pasture all around: San Benedetto in Perillis is one of the small municipalities of the mountainous interior of the province of L'Aquila. L'Aquila remains the city for hospital, offices and secondary schools, and you get there by car.
Winters are climate zone E, cold and often snowy at this altitude. Buyers will mostly find masonry houses in the old centre, often on several levels and built against one another, with steep stairs and ground-floor rooms once used for storage. Before deciding, find out what structural work has been done and what paperwork backs it up, because in this part of Abruzzo that is the question that matters most.
The village has emptied quickly: 98 residents in 2023, 22.8% fewer than the 127 of 2011. Over-65s make up 53.1%, against 26.4% for the province, and the estimated average age reaches 62.2. Foreign residents account for 14.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
San Benedetto in Perillis is in seismic zone 1, the most hazardous on the scale set by the Civil Protection Department, as are 103 of the 108 municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.258 g. For any masonry house, ask whether it has had repair or seismic improvement work, with the design, the inspection certificate and the paperwork for any public grants.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report starts from the address, finds the land parcel and checks the official landslide and flood maps at the exact spot.
Key points
- Stone village in the mountainous interior of the province of L'Aquila.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.258 g.
- Over-65s at 53.1%, against 26.4% in the province.
- Masonry houses: ask for designs and inspections of structural work.
Overview
San Benedetto in Perillis is a municipality in the province of L'Aquila, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 98 residents, among the smallest in the province (106 of 108).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, San Benedetto in Perillis is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (103 of 108) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.258 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in San Benedetto in Perillis, 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 22.8%. The estimated average age is 62 years, higher than the province average (48). 53% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 14.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in San Benedetto in Perillis declared an average taxable income of 19,125 euros, below the provincial average (22,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
San Benedetto in Perillis is in climate zone E, with 2,860 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 official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, San Benedetto in Perillis has 1 pharmacy.
The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 1.3% of the land in San Benedetto in Perillis, compared with 3.2% 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 contaminated sites in San Benedetto in Perillis.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within San Benedetto in Perillis: 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 San Benedetto in Perillis 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 2 inhabited census areas in San Benedetto in Perillis. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 52 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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 066086. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.