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Santa Maria Imbaro: what to know before buying a home

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

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Santa Maria Imbaro, a residential hill village by Lanciano

Unlike many villages in the area, Santa Maria Imbaro is growing. It sits in the hills a short distance from Lanciano, in the province of Chieti, between the Sangro valley and the Adriatic coast. For many residents it works as a residential district of the nearby town, with jobs in Lanciano, in the Sangro valley industrial area or on the coast.

Much of the housing is small villas, low apartment blocks and detached homes built in recent decades, around a small historic core. The share of developed land is high for a hill municipality, a sign of how built-up the area is. For buyers, aspect, slope of the plot and access matter: the report measures the gradient at the address and reads the official landslide maps, useful on the clay slopes typical of these hills.

At the end of 2023, Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 1,996 residents, up 9.1% on 2011. It is a young municipality too: an average age of 42.8 against 47.4 for the province, and over-65s at 17.4% against 26.4%. Foreign residents make up 5.3%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Santa Maria Imbaro is in seismic zone 3, like 26 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.104 g. Even for recent houses, ask for the structural design and build year, as Italy's seismic building rules have changed over time.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Residential hill municipality close to Lanciano.
  • Population up 9.1% since 2011.
  • Average age 42.8, against 47.4 in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.104 g.

Overview

Santa Maria Imbaro is a municipality in the province of Chieti, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 1,996 residents, ranked 35 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Santa Maria Imbaro is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 27 of 104 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.104 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 9.1%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (47). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 5.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Santa Maria Imbaro declared an average taxable income of 20,586 euros, in line with the province (21,427 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Santa Maria Imbaro is in climate zone D, with 1,576 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 224 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Santa Maria Imbaro has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 2 healthcare facilities.

There are 1.0 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 13.5% of the land in Santa Maria Imbaro, compared with 6.4% 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 Santa Maria Imbaro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Santa Maria Imbaro: 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 Santa Maria Imbaro 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 20 inhabited census areas in Santa Maria Imbaro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 27.1%
  • good 72.9%

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 069084. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.