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Ussita: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Via delle Rose 1, Ussita.

Ussita, in the Sibillini Mountains below Frontignano

Ussita is a mountain municipality in the heart of the Sibillini range, on the Marche side, with its main village in a valley and several hamlets scattered over the slopes. Its territory also includes Frontignano, with its ski lifts. For hospitals, secondary schools and shops you head down towards Visso and then on to Camerino or the coast, on mountain roads that need care in winter.

Earthquakes are where to start. The municipality is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, like 49 of the 55 municipalities in the province of Macerata, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.241 g, a high value. Many buildings in the area were damaged in the 2016 earthquakes; some have recently been repaired or rebuilt, others are still waiting. Before buying you need to know where the property stands, whether reconstruction grants are tied to the building and who signed off the work.

The usual mountain rules also apply: steep slopes, streams and snow. The report reads the official landslide and flood maps at the exact address, and with climate zone E and altitudes above seven hundred metres, insulation and heating matter a great deal.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 360 residents, 60 fewer than the 420 of 2011, a fall of 14.3%. The estimated average age is 50.9, above the provincial 47.2, and over-65s make up 28.6%. Foreign residents account for 9.4%.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for Ussita, so the report can trace the address to the building's land parcel.

Key points

  • Sibillini mountain municipality that includes the Frontignano ski area.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.241 g.
  • Rebuilt or awaiting repair: ask for the building work records.
  • 360 residents, down 14.3% since 2011.

Overview

Ussita is a municipality in the province of Macerata, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 360 residents, among the smallest in the province (51 of 55).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ussita is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (49 of 55) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.241 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Ussita, 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 14.3%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 9.4% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ussita declared an average taxable income of 21,836 euros, below the provincial average (23,312 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ussita is in climate zone E, with 2,510 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 744 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ussita has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.0 per 1,000 residents.

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 2.0% of the land in Ussita, compared with 5.7% in the province and 7.0% 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 Ussita.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ussita: 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 Ussita 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 17 inhabited census areas in Ussita. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 21.4%
  • good 78.6%

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 043056. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.