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Urbino: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche. 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.

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Urbino, a small Renaissance city

The Ducal Palace built for Federico da Montefeltro still dominates the skyline of Urbino, the Renaissance hill town where Raphael was born and whose historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also home to a long-established university. For a buyer, though, the first thing to grasp is scale: Urbino had 13,819 residents at the end of 2023, making it only the fifth largest municipality in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, which it heads jointly with Pesaro.

The population figures deserve attention. Since the 2011 census the number of residents has fallen by 10.9%. The estimated average age is 48.3, above the provincial 46.9, and 28.3% of residents are over 65. Whether you plan to live here or let the property, it is worth looking closely at the particular part of town, not only at the beauty of the setting.

Services, on the other hand, are plentiful for a town of this size. Overture Maps data record 21 schools and education sites, 1.52 per 1,000 residents against 0.97 across the province, and 109 cafés, bars and restaurants, or 7.89 per 1,000. The Ministry of Health lists 7 pharmacies, slightly more per head than the provincial average (0.51 against 0.39).

Like the rest of the province, Urbino is in seismic zone 2, the second highest of Italy's four classes. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.175 g, a medium-high level. In a historic centre made up of old buildings, it matters to know what structural work has been carried out and whether there is paperwork to prove it.

The land registry is straightforward: the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the municipality's cadastral maps, and the report finds the building's sheet and parcel (foglio and particella) from the address. Landslide and flood hazard and the local price range are a different matter: conditions change between the hilltop centre and the scattered hamlets in the countryside, so they are checked at the exact spot.

Key points

  • UNESCO-listed historic centre and birthplace of Raphael.
  • Resident population down 10.9% since the 2011 census.
  • Well served for its size: 1.52 schools per 1,000 residents.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected ground acceleration about 0.175 g.

Overview

Urbino is the capital of the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 13,819 residents, among the most populous in the province (5 of 50).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Urbino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 50 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 Urbino, 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Urbino.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 10.9%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 9.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Urbino has 21 schools and 7 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 14 grocery shops and supermarkets, 7 healthcare facilities, 12 sports facilities and 8 parks and green areas.

There are 1.0 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Urbino: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 041067. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.