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Blera: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Viterbo, Lazio. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Blera, a tuff-top village with Etruscan tombs

Blera stands on a spur of tuff, the soft volcanic stone of the Tuscia area, south-west of Viterbo, squeezed between two gorges cut by streams. In the valley walls around the village are Etruscan rock-cut necropolises, with tombs carved into the cliff, and the surrounding land is farmland, hazel groves and woods. The municipality also includes the hamlet of Civitella Cesi.

The old centre has tightly packed tuff houses, lanes and small squares looking out over the gorges. Anyone buying there should think about damp, the state of the walls and access, which is often narrow, as well as the position on the edge of the cliff. The report reads the official landslide maps and the slope of the ground for the address, which on a tuff spur is information to have before making an offer. Outside the centre there are country homes and newer villas with land.

There are 2,892 residents (2023), down 13.8% since 2011. The mean age is 48.2 against 47.5 in the province of Viterbo, 27.0% are over 65 and foreign nationals make up 7.8%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

On earthquakes, Blera is in seismic zone 2, like 39 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.128 g. In a tuff building in the centre, ask whether it has been strengthened and have the floors and roof checked. Viterbo is the reference for jobs and services, and without a car getting about is limited.

Key points

  • Tuff spur in the Tuscia, south-west of Viterbo
  • Etruscan necropolises in the surrounding gorges
  • 2,892 residents, down 13.8%
  • Seismic zone 2, acceleration 0.128 g

Overview

Blera is a municipality in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 2,892 residents, ranked 29 of 60 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Blera 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 (40 of 60) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.128 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Blera, 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 13.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 7.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Blera declared an average taxable income of 20,912 euros, below the provincial average (22,031 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Blera is in climate zone D, with 1,900 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 270 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Blera has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 2 healthcare facilities.

There are 1.0 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more 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 2.0% of the land in Blera, compared with 4.7% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 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 Blera.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Blera: 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 Blera 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 23 inhabited census areas in Blera. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 78 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 23.3%
  • good 48.0%
  • very good 28.7%

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 056007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.