1/9Who this town suits
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The honest read
- An airport with scheduled flights is within reach — Abruzzo Airport (PSR), about 61.8km away.
- A small village — around 818 residents — quiet by nature.
- The population is gradually declining — down 1.92% in the latest year. Worth weighing if long-term services and resale matter to you.
- A markedly older population — 37.5% are over 65 — which can strain local services and schools over time.
- No hospital shows up within reach in our mapping — worth checking where the nearest one actually is before committing.
- A quiet spot for eating out — only 2 places to eat within 5km.
- A seismically active area (up to M6) — a notable earthquake history over the last 20 years. Worth checking the construction date and quality of anything you buy.
Written from the data on this page — this town's own ISTAT and OpenStreetMap figures, not editorial impressions.
People
Where the population is heading
Arrivals and departures over the year, from the ISTAT demographic balance. International migration counts moves across Italy’s border; internal migration counts moves to and from other Italian comuni.
Long-range projections are published by ISTAT only for comuni over ~5,000 residents.
Age structure
Natural hazards
Earthquakes from INGV (national seismic record); flood and landslide exposure from ISPRA IdroGEO (share of residents living in a mapped high-hazard zone). Wildfire history isn’t yet sourced. Always check the specific address of any property.
Property prices
Agenzia delle Entrate - OMI · 2025 H2 · broad indicative €/m² ranges by OMI zone, not a valuation or a listing price. Always check the specific address and current listings for any property.
Air travel
Nearest airport with scheduled passenger service (great-circle distance). Verified against OurAirports, Assaeroporti and Wikipedia — cargo-only and general-aviation fields are excluded. Check the airport site for current routes and timetables.
Leisure & facilities
Mapped from OpenStreetMap; absence here means “not mapped,” which isn’t always the same as “not there.”
Daily life & distances (within 1 km / 3 km / 5 km)
- 1.La bottega della valle (in Valle Castellana)~11 min driving (6.4 km by road)
- 2.Alimentari (in Colle)~11 min driving (6.4 km by road)
- 3.Conad (in Villa Lempa)~21 min driving (15.5 km by road)
- 1.Pharmacy (in Rocca Santa Maria)~14 min driving (8.2 km by road)
- 2.Farmacia Villa Lempa (in Villa Lempa)~21 min driving (15.6 km by road)
- 3.Farmacia Fortuna Gianfranco (in Mozzano)~22 min driving (16.8 km by road)
- 1.Restaurant (in Valle Castellana)~10 min driving (6.1 km by road)
- 2.Restaurant (in Valle Castellana)~11 min driving (6.3 km by road)
- 3.Locanda Scuppoz (in Colle)~12 min driving (6.9 km by road)
- 1.Bar "Dolce vita" (in Valle Castellana)~10 min driving (6.1 km by road)
- 2.Café or bar (in Valle Castellana)~11 min driving (6.3 km by road)
- 3.Café or bar (in Valle Castellana)~11 min driving (6.6 km by road)
- 1.Banca Popolare di Bari (in Villa Lempa)~21 min driving (15.5 km by road)
- 2.Bank or ATM (in Villa Lempa)~21 min driving (15.8 km by road)
- 3.Banca Tercas (in Campli)~23 min driving (17 km by road)
- 1.Ufficio Postale Valle Castellana (in Valle Castellana)~11 min driving (6.4 km by road)
- 2.Post office (in Rocca Santa Maria)~14 min driving (8.2 km by road)
- 3.Post office (in Pascellata)~14 min driving (8.4 km by road)
- 1.Dott. Arletti (in Campli)~23 min driving (17.1 km by road)
- 2.Dottoressa Paola Cingoli (in Torricella Sicura)~24 min driving (18.3 km by road)
- 3.Studio Medico dott. Giuliano Brandozzi (in Palombare)~26 min driving (19.8 km by road)
- 1.Pianeta Salute (in Villa Pigna)~27 min driving (20.1 km by road)
- 2.Centro Medico San Tommaso (in Valli)~27 min driving (20.4 km by road)
- 3.Assistenza 4.0 (in Ascoli Piceno)~28 min driving (21.1 km by road)
- 1.Dottor Donato Walter Romualdi (in Torricella Sicura)~24 min driving (18.3 km by road)
- 2.Studio Dentistico Rasicci (in Ascoli Piceno)~27 min driving (20.4 km by road)
- 3.ApDent (in Ascoli Piceno)~27 min driving (20.4 km by road)
- 1.School (in Valle Castellana)~11 min driving (6.3 km by road)
- 2.Scuola dell'Infanzia di Villa Lempa (in Villa Lempa)~20 min driving (15.1 km by road)
- 3.Plesso di Villa Lempa, scuola primaria e secondaria (in Villa Lempa)~21 min driving (15.5 km by road)
- Casa di Cura Villa San Marco (in Ascoli Piceno)~27 min driving (20 km by road)
- Beach (in Palombare)~26 min driving (19.2 km by road)
Counts show what’s mapped in OpenStreetMap within each ring. Where little is close, the nearest few are listed with an estimated drive time (a guide, not a measured route; typically ~1.5× the straight-line distance at rural speeds). Daily services are searched to 15 km; hospital and beach to 100 km.
Foreign community
Foreign community — estimated religious background
Estimated from the foreignresidents’ country of citizenship, not a religion census — a guide to the likely background of the foreign community, not a measured figure.
Civic vitality
Read automatically from the comune’s own website — soft signals of how active the local administration is, not a verdict. Some towns use a shared regional portal, so a quiet site doesn’t always mean a quiet town. See the methodology.
Schools & education
School counts from the MIUR Anagrafe scuole (presence by level, not a ranking). Universities and conservatories/academies from the MIUR institution lists; nearby university presence from OpenStreetMap. A student presence often means more rentals and services.
What’s around Valle Castellana
Nearby features by direction and distance — what we could locate, nothing guessed.
Sources: ISTAT↗ · OpenStreetMap↗ · Comune site↗ · Photo↗ · Updated October 9, 2026 · How we know this →