Anguillara Sabazia: 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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Anguillara Sabazia, a lakeside village with trains to Rome
The old village of Anguillara Sabazia stands on a small headland on the south-eastern shore of Lake Bracciano, its houses packed around the church at the top and its walls dropping towards the water. The rest of the municipality is much larger: residential districts and housing estates stretch over the hills towards the Braccianese road and Rome, of which Anguillara is now part of the commuter belt.
The link that matters is the FL3 regional railway, which stops at Anguillara and runs into the capital, and many residents use it every day. The lakefront, with beaches and restaurants, draws Romans at weekends, and there are a fair number of second homes near the water. House hunters find flats in the old village, detached houses in the residential districts and homes with gardens further from the station, where a car becomes essential.
The population has grown: 19,062 residents at the end of 2023, up 2.6% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 45.3, slightly below the province of Rome, and foreign nationals make up 9.0%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average, although that figure is pushed up by the capital.
Across the Rome area, 97 of the 121 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection Department's classification. Anguillara is among those in zone 3, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.068 g, a low value. The lake is volcanic in origin and the ground is partly made of tuff and ash, so how a building was founded matters as well as the state of its structure.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the whole municipality and the report finds the land parcel from the address. Along the shore and on the steep edges of the headland, the official flood and landslide maps for the exact spot are worth a look, and the report includes them.
Key points
- Old village on a headland of Lake Bracciano.
- FL3 railway to Rome, lakefront with second homes.
- Population up 2.6% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.068 g.
Overview
Anguillara Sabazia is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 19,062 residents, ranked 24 of 121 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Anguillara Sabazia is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3B. Only 24 of 121 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.068 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 2.6%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 9.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Anguillara Sabazia declared an average taxable income of 23,762 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Anguillara Sabazia is in climate zone D, with 1,642 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 195 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Anguillara Sabazia has 9 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 11 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities, 28 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.5 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
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 7.5% of the land in Anguillara Sabazia, compared with 13.2% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.9 hectares.
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 no contaminated sites in Anguillara Sabazia.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Anguillara Sabazia: 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 Anguillara Sabazia 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 60 inhabited census areas in Anguillara Sabazia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.0%
- fair 31.2%
- good 68.8%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 058005. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.