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Sassoferrato: what to know before buying a home

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

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Sassoferrato, the Castello, the Borgo and the Sentino valley

Sassoferrato is in the inland part of the province of Ancona, close to the border with Umbria, where the Apennines of the Marche start to climb. The town has two halves: the Castello, the old core on top of the hill with its fortress, and the Borgo, lower down along the river Sentino, with many of the shops and newer houses. On the plain nearby are the remains of the Roman town of Sentinum, and the painter Giovan Battista Salvi took his nickname, il Sassoferrato, from the town.

Fabriano, about twenty kilometres away, is the place to go for work, the hospital and the train, on the line between Rome and Ancona. The municipality covers a large area, with hamlets and scattered houses among hills and woods. Buying outside the centre gets you more space for less money, but also mountain roads in winter and longer trips to schools and pharmacies, which the report measures from the address.

The population has been falling for years: 6,808 residents in 2023, down 9.6% on 2011. The average age is 48.8, above the province (47.2), and over-65s make up 29.0% against 26.2%. Foreign residents account for 9.2%.

Like every other municipality in the province, Sassoferrato is in seismic zone 2 on the national map of the Civil Protection department. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.175 g, a medium-high value. The Apennines between the Marche and Umbria have a long record of frequent earthquakes, so for a stone house in the Castello or a hamlet, find out whether it suffered damage, had strengthening work or still has reconstruction paperwork open.

Ground conditions also change between hilltop and valley floor. Landslides on the slopes and flooding near the Sentino are assessed address by address, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps let the report trace the plot.

Key points

  • Hilltop Castello and riverside Borgo, near the Umbrian border.
  • Population down 9.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, acceleration about 0.175 g.
  • Train and hospital in nearby Fabriano.

Overview

Sassoferrato is a municipality in the province of Ancona, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 6,808 residents, ranked 14 of 47 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sassoferrato is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 47 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.175 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Sassoferrato, 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 9.6%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 9.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sassoferrato declared an average taxable income of 22,212 euros, below the provincial average (24,794 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sassoferrato is in climate zone E, with 2,226 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 386 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sassoferrato has 5 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.4 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 4.5% of the land in Sassoferrato, compared with 9.1% in the province and 7.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Sassoferrato. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sassoferrato: 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 Sassoferrato 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 120 inhabited census areas in Sassoferrato. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 7.4%
  • fair 66.8%
  • good 25.8%

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 042044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.