Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Capena: what to know before buying a home

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

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Capena

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: Strada Capena - Bivio Capannelle 1, Capena.

Capena, the Tiber valley and the Fiano Romano motorway exit

Capena is a town north of Rome that has grown quickly in recent years. It lies on hills sloping down to the Tiber valley, near Fiano Romano: the old village sits on a rise, while newer houses have spread into residential areas and along the Via Tiberina, which also has warehouses and shopping centres. Within the municipality is the archaeological site of Lucus Feroniae, an ancient sanctuary of the goddess Feronia.

Rome is the reason for the growth. Many families move here for bigger homes at lower prices, with the Fiano Romano junction on the A1 motorway a few kilometres away. The flip side is commuting: at rush hour traffic towards the capital is heavy, so try it before you buy.

The figures bear this out. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,855 residents in 2023, up 14.4% on the 9,488 of 2011. It is a young town: the estimated average age is 42.9 against 46.0 for the metropolitan area, and over-65s are 17.5% against 22.9%. Foreign residents make up 15.2%. Average declared incomes are below the metropolitan average.

In the Civil Protection classification, Capena is in seismic zone 2, like most municipalities around Rome (97 in all), with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.119 g. Many homes are recent: for a house or flat built in the last few decades, ask for the structural sign-off and the certificate of habitability; for older houses in the village, get the structure assessed.

The land is cut by gullies and ravines carved into the tufa, the local volcanic stone, with edges where landslide hazard needs checking, and towards the Tiber the ground drops into the floodplain. The report looks at landslides and flooding at the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so an address leads to its plot.

Key points

  • Fast growth near the A1, above the Tiber valley.
  • 10,855 residents, up 14.4% since 2011.
  • Over-65s 17.5%, metropolitan area 22.9%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.119 g.

Overview

Capena is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 10,855 residents, ranked 41 of 121 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Capena 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 0.119 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Capena, 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 grown by 14.4%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 15.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Capena declared an average taxable income of 22,652 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Capena is in climate zone D, with 1,747 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 160 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Capena has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 13 grocery shops and supermarkets, 11 healthcare facilities, 9 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 1.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

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 13.0% of the land in Capena, compared with 13.2% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 13.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Capena, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. 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 Capena: 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 Capena 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 52 inhabited census areas in Capena. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 15.1%
  • fair 23.1%
  • good 61.8%

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

ISTAT code 058018. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.