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Fondi: what to know before buying a home

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

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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: Via Madonna delle Grazie 2, Fondi.

Fondi, a market-garden plain between mountains, lake and sea

Drive across the Fondi plain and the local economy is visible from the road: greenhouses, vegetable fields and lorries heading for the MOF, the town's wholesale fruit and vegetable market, one of the biggest in Italy. The plain is closed to the north by the Ausoni and Aurunci mountains and opens to the south onto Lake Fondi and the sea. The old town keeps its Roman grid plan, crossed by the Appian Way, and the castle of the Caetani family.

For buyers, Fondi holds three different markets. There is the walled centre, with old houses needing work; the villages and scattered farmhouses of the plain, tied to agriculture; and the coast, with holiday homes among the dunes and pine woods, busy mainly in summer. The plain was drained and reclaimed and is crossed by canals, in places only just above sea level, so flood hazard has to be checked address by address. Fondi-Sperlonga station, on the Rome-Naples line via Formia, connects with the capital.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 39,760 residents (2023), up 6.9% on 2011, and the town is younger than its province: average age 43.9 against 45.5, over-65s at 20.4%. Foreign residents make up 12.2%, a high share partly linked to farm and greenhouse work. Declared incomes are below the average for the province of Latina.

Of the 33 municipalities in the province, 30 are in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection scale, Fondi included, and only 3 in zone 2. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.084 g, a modest value. With country houses extended over the years, it matters more to check that the extensions are authorised and that any amnesty application (condono) has been closed. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report reaches the plot from the address.

Key points

  • The MOF market and a plain of greenhouses between mountains and lake.
  • 39,760 residents, up 6.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.084 g.
  • Foreign residents at 12.2%, partly linked to farm work.

Overview

Fondi is a municipality in the province of Latina, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 39,760 residents, among the most populous in the province (4 of 33).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fondi 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. Most municipalities in the province (30 of 33) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.084 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 6.9%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 12.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fondi declared an average taxable income of 17,952 euros, below the provincial average (21,502 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Fondi is in climate zone C, with 1,089 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 8 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fondi has 28 schools and 8 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 33 grocery shops and supermarkets, 37 healthcare facilities, 37 sports facilities and 9 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 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 10.5% of the land in Fondi, compared with 10.1% 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Fondi, 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 Fondi: 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 Fondi 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 232 inhabited census areas in Fondi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 80 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 18.1%
  • good 31.6%
  • very good 50.3%

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 059007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.