Sant'Agata Feltria: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Sant'Agata Feltria, the fortress and the upper Marecchia
Sant'Agata Feltria is in the Alta Valmarecchia, the mountainous hinterland of the province of Rimini. Until 2009 it belonged to the Marche region, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, then it moved to Emilia-Romagna together with other municipalities of the valley. The village is dominated by the Rocca Fregoso, a fortress built on a spur of rock, and is known for its white truffle fair held in autumn.
The town hall is at around 600 metres, and the territory includes many hamlets and scattered houses among woods and meadows. For work and services people drive down towards Novafeltria and the Marecchia valley, and on to Rimini, on hill roads that take time. The historic centre has tightly packed stone houses; in the countryside there are farmhouses to restore, often with land.
Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 1,960 residents in 2023, down 14.0% from 2,280 in 2011. The average age is 50.5, above 46.6 for the province of Rimini, and 29.9% are over 65. Foreign residents make up 6.3%. Incomes are below the provincial average.
Sant'Agata Feltria is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, with an expected acceleration of 0.192 g in the built-up area. For a stone house, ask for paperwork on structural work and have the walls, floors and roof checked.
On the Apennine slopes the report shows the official landslide maps for the address. Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published and the report reaches the land parcel.
Key points
- Alta Valmarecchia, moved from the Marche to Emilia-Romagna.
- Rocca Fregoso fortress and white truffle fair.
- Average age 50.5, above the province.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.192 g.
Overview
Sant'Agata Feltria is a municipality in the province of Rimini, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 1,960 residents, ranked 19 of 27 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Agata Feltria is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 27 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.192 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Sant'Agata Feltria, 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 14.0%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 6.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Agata Feltria declared an average taxable income of 21,155 euros, below the provincial average (22,480 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sant'Agata Feltria is in climate zone E, with 2,563 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 607 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Agata Feltria has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 healthcare facility.
There are 2.0 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).
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 3.3% of the land in Sant'Agata Feltria, compared with 12.6% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Sant'Agata Feltria is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. 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 Sant'Agata Feltria.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sant'Agata Feltria: 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 Sant'Agata Feltria 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 53 inhabited census areas in Sant'Agata Feltria. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 79.6%
- good 20.4%
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.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Emilia-Romagna, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2026.
- 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 099026. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.