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Vallepietra: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Roma, Lazio. 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 Generale Armando Diaz 1, Vallepietra.

Vallepietra and the Holy Trinity sanctuary in the Simbruini mountains

Every year thousands of pilgrims walk up to the sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità (Holy Trinity), below the cliffs of Monte Autore, within the municipality of Vallepietra. The village lies lower down, at about eight hundred and twenty metres, in the valley of the Simbrivio stream, inside the Monti Simbruini Regional Nature Park. Around it are beech woods, pastures and rock faces; Subiaco is the main town for services, and Rome the city for specialist hospitals and offices.

Outside the pilgrimage season Vallepietra is a very quiet mountain village. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 232 residents, 74 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 24.2%. The estimated average age is 55.6, against 46.0 in the Rome metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 39.7%, compared with 22.9%. Foreign residents account for 2.6%.

Houses are stone, often on several levels in the old centre, and many are second homes owned by families originally from the village. In climate zone E, with snowy winters at this altitude, check the heating, insulation and road access before buying. Average declared incomes are well below the metropolitan average.

Vallepietra is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 97 of the 121 municipalities in the metropolitan area, with an expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.168 g. For an old masonry house, get a structural check and ask what work has been done. Between rock faces and the stream, the report checks landslides, rockfall and floods for the address on the official maps. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Simbruini mountain village, home to the Holy Trinity sanctuary.
  • 232 residents, down 24.2% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 39.7%, against 22.9% in the metropolitan area.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.168 g.

Overview

Vallepietra is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 232 residents, among the smallest in the province (117 of 121).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vallepietra is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2B. Most municipalities in the province (97 of 121) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.168 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Vallepietra, 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 24.2%. The estimated average age is 56 years, higher than the province average (46). 40% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 2.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vallepietra declared an average taxable income of 14,223 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vallepietra is in climate zone E, with 2,705 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 825 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Vallepietra has 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 0.8% of the land in Vallepietra, compared with 13.2% in the province and 8.2% 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 Vallepietra.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vallepietra: 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 Vallepietra 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 5 inhabited census areas in Vallepietra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 46.8%
  • good 53.2%

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 058108. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.