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Scoppito: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Roma 1, Scoppito.

Scoppito, the basin west of L'Aquila towards Rieti

Scoppito is the municipality you reach heading west out of L'Aquila on the road to Rieti, in a basin of pasture and fields among the mountains of the Abruzzo Apennines, with its town hall above 800 metres. It is split into many hamlets, some on the flat along the main road and others higher up the slopes, and the A24 motorway passes close by. For work, university and hospital care people look to L'Aquila, a few minutes away.

Scoppito has grown fast in recent years: 3,789 residents in 2023, up 15.3% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. It is a young municipality, with an estimated average age of 43.7 against 47.5 in the province and over-65s at 20.2%, and average declared incomes are above the provincial average. Foreign residents make up 7.4%.

The housing market reflects this growth: recent detached houses and small blocks of flats, next to the old stone cores of the hamlets. A new house is not automatically compliant: ask for the structural design, the final structural sign-off and the certificate of habitability, and for older houses the paperwork on any strengthening work.

The reason is earthquakes. The province of L'Aquila has 103 municipalities in seismic zone 1, the highest band set by the Civil Protection Department, and Scoppito is one of them, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.258 g. Here the quality of the structure comes first, before finishes and location. With long, cold winters in climate zone E, insulation and heating also weigh.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report traces an address to its plot. Between the hamlets on the flat and those on the slopes, landslides and flooding are checked at the exact spot.

Key points

  • Basin west of L'Aquila, on the road to Rieti.
  • Up 15.3% since 2011, over-65s at 20.2%.
  • Seismic zone 1, the highest: acceleration about 0.258 g.
  • Even for new houses: structural design, sign-off and habitability.

Overview

Scoppito is a municipality in the province of L'Aquila, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 3,789 residents, ranked 13 of 108 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Scoppito 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 Scoppito, 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 grown by 15.3%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (48). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Scoppito declared an average taxable income of 26,803 euros, above the provincial average (22,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Scoppito is in climate zone E, with 2,756 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 820 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Scoppito has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 2 sports facilities.

There are 0.3 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 4.0% of the land in Scoppito, compared with 3.2% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Scoppito.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Scoppito: 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 Scoppito 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 50 inhabited census areas in Scoppito. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.2%
  • fair 98.8%

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 066095. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.