Overview
- The Abruzzo mountain hamlet has about 20 residents, and locals say cats outnumber people.
- Lara Bussi Trabucco was born in March to Paolo Bussi, 56, and Cinzia Trabucco, 42, drawing visitors and a village-wide christening.
- Italy recorded 369,944 births in 2024, the lowest on record, according to national statistics agency Istat.
- The parents are set to receive a €1,000 birth incentive and have also been granted a one-time baby bonus and monthly child allowance.
- Services remain sparse in the village, which has no school, and nearby maternity wards have been threatened with closure due to falling births.