Cassino: 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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Cassino, the town rebuilt beneath Montecassino
High above Cassino stands the abbey of Montecassino; the town lies at its foot, in the far south of Lazio, where the valley widens towards Campania. It was almost entirely destroyed by the bombing of 1944, together with the abbey, and rebuilt after the war, which is why the centre has a modern street plan and few old buildings. Today it is the hub of southern Lazio, with a university, law courts and a hospital.
Connections are good: the station is on the Rome to Naples line via Cassino and the A1 motorway exit is on the edge of town. Work revolves around public services, the university and the industrial zone, where the car plant at Piedimonte San Germano is the best-known employer. Buyers can also count on a student rental market.
Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 35,091 residents in 2023, up 4.3% since 2011. The mean age is 45.7, slightly below the province, and households average 2.12 people. Declared incomes are above the provincial average, and so are services: 44 healthcare sites, 1.25 per thousand residents against 0.60 across the province.
Earthquakes deserve careful thought. The Civil Protection Department places Cassino in seismic zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.208 g, and 30 municipalities in the province of Frosinone are in zone 1, the highest class. Many post-war buildings went up quickly in the 1950s and 1960s: before buying, ask for the design, any structural checks and the work done since.
The Gari and other streams on the plain can burst their banks in heavy rain, while on the Montecassino slope the issue is ground stability. The report checks both at the address, after finding the land parcel in the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.
Key points
- Station on the Rome to Naples line and an A1 motorway exit.
- 35,091 residents, up 4.3% since 2011.
- Healthcare: 1.25 per thousand, province 0.60.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.208 g.
Overview
Cassino is a municipality in the province of Frosinone, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 35,091 residents, the second most populous in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cassino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2A. Most municipalities in the province (59 of 91) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.208 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Cassino, 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 4.3%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 6.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cassino declared an average taxable income of 23,044 euros, above the provincial average (21,514 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Cassino is in climate zone C, with 1,164 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 40 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cassino has 36 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 23 grocery shops and supermarkets, 44 healthcare facilities, 29 sports facilities and 10 parks and green areas.
There are 1.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).
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 14.6% of the land in Cassino, compared with 6.9% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 5.6 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list 6 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Cassino. 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 Cassino: 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 Cassino 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 602 inhabited census areas in Cassino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.4%
- fair 34.0%
- good 31.9%
- very good 29.8%
- excellent 3.9%
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 060019. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.