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Venarotta: what to know before buying a home

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

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Venarotta, hill country north of Ascoli Piceno

Venarotta is a hill municipality in the Ascoli Piceno hinterland, north of the city, with its centre at around 420 metres and a territory of hamlets, small farms and scattered houses among the fields. For residents, Ascoli is the everyday reference for offices, the hospital and secondary schools, reached by car along winding hill roads.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,884 residents in 2023, down 12.2% on the 2011 census, or 262 fewer people. The average age is 49.5, against 47.8 in the province, and over-65s make up 31.1%, more than the provincial 27.0%. Households have 2.29 members on average and foreign residents are 3.9%.

The housing stock is mostly masonry buildings in the old village cores, detached houses built in recent decades on the edges, and farmhouses with land. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average. The town is in climate zone E, with cold winters, so in a country house insulation, windows and the heating system weigh on running costs more than they would in town.

This part of the Marche is earthquake country. Venarotta is in seismic zone 2, like 31 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.182 g. Before signing, ask for the paperwork on any structural work and have the roof, floors and wall connections checked.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel and checks slope and the official landslide and flood maps for that exact spot.

Key points

  • Hill municipality north of Ascoli Piceno, with hamlets and scattered houses.
  • Population down 12.2% since 2011, over-65s at 31.1%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.182 g.
  • Revenue Agency cadastral maps available.

Overview

Venarotta is a municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 1,884 residents, ranked 20 of 33 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Venarotta is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (32 of 33) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.182 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Venarotta, 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 12.2%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (48). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 3.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Venarotta declared an average taxable income of 21,434 euros, below the provincial average (22,837 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Venarotta is in climate zone E, with 2,132 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 421 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Venarotta has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 4.1% of the land in Venarotta, compared with 6.5% 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 Venarotta.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Venarotta: 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 Venarotta 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 30 inhabited census areas in Venarotta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 47.8%
  • good 52.2%

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 044073. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.