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Arsoli: 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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Arsoli, the Massimo castle above the Aniene valley

Arsoli is one of the last municipalities in the province of Rome before Abruzzo, in the upper Aniene valley. The village lies at around 470 metres, gathered below the castle of the Massimo, the Roman family that owned it for a long time, with the houses of the old centre stepping down the slope.

Rome is about sixty kilometres away along the A24 motorway, which runs through the valley. Buyers mainly find stone village houses on several floors, reached by steps, and a few more recent homes on the roads leading out of the centre. For houses in the old village, the roof, damp and services matter, as does whether you can get a car close to the door.

The village has lost many residents: in 2023 there were 1,361, down 17.4% on 2011, or 286 fewer people. The average age is 50.7, against 46.0 in the metropolitan area, and 30.6% are over 65 compared with 22.9%. Households are small, 1.98 people on average. Declared incomes are below the Rome-area average.

Arsoli is in seismic zone 2, like 96 other municipalities in the metropolitan area, while 24 are in zone 3. The expected ground acceleration is 0.160 g. In a stone house in the old centre, ask whether strengthening work has been done and get the paperwork.

For the address, the report adds slope and the official landslide and flood maps, and it finds the plot using the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, which are published.

Key points

  • Upper Aniene valley, on the border with Abruzzo.
  • Rome about sixty kilometres away on the A24.
  • 30.6% over 65, against 22.9% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.160 g.

Overview

Arsoli is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 1,361 residents, ranked 85 of 121 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Arsoli is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2B. Most municipalities in the province (97 of 121) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.160 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Arsoli, 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 17.4%. The estimated average age is 51 years, higher than the province average (46). 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 6.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Arsoli declared an average taxable income of 22,284 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Arsoli is in climate zone E, with 2,199 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 470 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 5.2% of the land in Arsoli, compared with 13.2% 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 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 Arsoli.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Arsoli: 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 Arsoli 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 15 inhabited census areas in Arsoli. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 13.4%
  • fair 86.6%

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 058010. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.