Cellere: 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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Cellere, Tiburzi's village between Lake Bolsena and the Maremma
In the Tuscia, the area around Viterbo, Cellere is a farming village on the tufa plateau that separates Lake Bolsena from the Lazio Maremma, a landscape of olive groves, arable fields and pasture. It is known as the birthplace of Domenico Tiburzi, the nineteenth-century brigand who hid for years in the scrubland between Lazio and Tuscany. The village also has the church of Sant'Egidio, attributed to Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.
The housing on offer is typical of small towns in the province of Viterbo: homes in the old core, often built on tufa with cellars cut into the rock, and farmhouses in the countryside. Anyone working in Viterbo or on the coast will need a car for every journey. The climate zone is D and declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The population is older and shrinking. There were 1,075 residents in 2023, 12.6% fewer than in 2011, or 155 people. The average age is 52.0, against 47.5 in the province, and over-65s are 33.8%, compared with 25.9% across the province. Foreign nationals make up 12.1%.
Of the 60 municipalities in the province, 40 are in seismic zone 2 and 20 in zone 3. Cellere is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.138 g. In a village house, ask when the roof was last redone and whether tie rods or ring beams were added: these are the works that matter most for how the walls hold up.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report starts from the address and reaches the plot. For a house on the edge of the village, where the tufa drops away in a bank, landslides and slope are checked on the official maps for the exact spot.
Key points
- Farming village in the Tuscia, between Lake Bolsena and the Lazio Maremma.
- Residents down 12.6% since 2011, average age 52.0.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.138 g.
- Over-65s at 33.8%, against 25.9% in the province.
Overview
Cellere is a municipality in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 1,075 residents, ranked 52 of 60 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cellere 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 0.138 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Cellere, 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 12.6%. The estimated average age is 52 years, higher than the province average (48). 34% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 12.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cellere declared an average taxable income of 17,538 euros, below the provincial average (22,031 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Cellere is in climate zone D, with 2,031 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 344 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cellere has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 3.3% of the land in Cellere, compared with 4.7% 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 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 Cellere.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cellere: 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 Cellere 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 11 inhabited census areas in Cellere. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 36.1%
- good 63.9%
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 056020. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.