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Acquafondata: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Frosinone, 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 Cassino 1, Acquafondata.

Acquafondata, a mountain village above Cassino

Above Cassino the Mainarde mountains close off southern Lazio towards Molise, and Acquafondata sits up there at around nine hundred metres, among pastures and beech woods. It is a small, isolated village reached by mountain roads, with a compact centre of stone houses. Snow in winter is normal, and climate zone E means cold seasons.

For everything the village lacks, people go down towards Cassino, which has schools, a hospital, a station and access to the Rome to Naples motorway. There is a pharmacy. Buyers here usually want a summer house or a quiet mountain retreat; living here all year means relying on a car and accepting long journeys. Houses should be assessed for roof, insulation and heating system.

In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 258 residents, 24 fewer than the 282 of 2011, a fall of 8.5%. The average age is 51.9, against 46.8 in the province of Frosinone, and over-65s make up 30.2%. Foreign residents account for 2.3%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Seismic risk is the place to start. Acquafondata is in zone 1, the most hazardous on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 30 of the 91 municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.257 g in the built-up area. Before buying you need a technical survey of the structure and the paperwork for any strengthening work. The report adds the official landslide maps for the address, starting from the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Mountain village in the Mainarde, above Cassino.
  • 258 residents in 2023, down 8.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.257 g.
  • Services, station and motorway towards Cassino.

Overview

Acquafondata is a municipality in the province of Frosinone, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 258 residents, among the smallest in the province (91 of 91).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Acquafondata is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 30 of 91 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.257 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Acquafondata, 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 8.5%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Acquafondata declared an average taxable income of 15,875 euros, below the provincial average (21,514 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Acquafondata is in climate zone E, with 2,839 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 926 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Acquafondata has 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.1 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 1.7% of the land in Acquafondata, compared with 6.9% 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 medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Acquafondata. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Acquafondata: 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 Acquafondata 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 10 inhabited census areas in Acquafondata. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 060001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.