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Cerveteri: 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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For example: Via Settevene Palo 1, Cerveteri.

Cerveteri, Etruscan tombs and the Cerenova coast

Cerveteri is ancient Caere, one of the great Etruscan cities, and its tombs are what carry its name around the world. The Banditaccia necropolis, with burial mounds and chambers cut into the tuff, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with Tarquinia's. The town sits on a tuff spur a few kilometres from the sea, north-west of Rome, while the municipality's coastline grew up as a holiday destination for Romans.

The market splits in two. On one side are the town and the countryside inland, with the village of Ceri perched on its own rock and scattered houses among vineyards and olive groves. On the other is the coast, with Cerenova, Campo di Mare and Marina di Cerveteri, built as holiday-home districts and increasingly lived in all year round. Many buildings there date from the 1970s and 1980s: check for amnesty applications (condono), the state of the structure and maintenance, since salt air eats into reinforcing steel and façades.

Marina di Cerveteri station, on the line into Rome, and the motorway to Civitavecchia make commuting to the capital possible.

The population is growing: Istat, the national statistics office, counts 37,973 residents in 2023, up 7.9% on 2011, or 2,766 more people. Average age (46.2) and the share of over-65s (22.4%) are close to the average for the wider Rome area, and foreign residents make up 8.4%. Incomes are below the provincial average.

In a province where most municipalities (97) are in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection scale, Cerveteri is among the 24 in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.057 g, a low value. In low-lying coastal areas and along the ditches, flood hazard should be checked address by address. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Banditaccia Etruscan necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 37,973 residents, up 7.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.057 g.
  • Holiday-home coast: check amnesty files and salt damage.

Overview

Cerveteri is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 37,973 residents, ranked 16 of 121 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cerveteri is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3B. Only 24 of 121 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.057 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 7.9%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 8.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cerveteri declared an average taxable income of 23,392 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cerveteri is in climate zone D, with 1,450 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 81 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cerveteri has 20 schools and 9 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 26 grocery shops and supermarkets, 11 healthcare facilities, 36 sports facilities and 8 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 7.4% of the land in Cerveteri, compared with 13.2% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Cerveteri.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cerveteri: 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 Cerveteri 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 156 inhabited census areas in Cerveteri. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 34.2%
  • good 65.6%

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 058029. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.