Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Lariano: 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 Lariano

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 Roma 1, Lariano.

Lariano, chestnut woods and bread in the Castelli Romani

Lariano is one of the Castelli Romani towns, on the slopes of the Alban Hills facing Velletri and the Pontine plain. It used to be part of the municipality of Velletri and became independent in the last century. The town lies at around three hundred and fifty metres, with the chestnut woods of Monte Artemisio behind it. Its best known product is Lariano bread, baked in wood-fired ovens.

Rome is about forty kilometres away and many residents work there. Lariano has no station: trains to Rome leave from Velletri, and the rest is done by car on the roads of the Castelli, which are often busy at rush hour. The town has spread out with many detached houses scattered among chestnut woods, vineyards and vegetable plots, often on sloping land. For these homes, check carefully that everything built is authorised and that the property matches the floor plan held by the land registry.

The population is growing and is younger than average. At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 13,176 residents, 283 more than in 2011. The estimated average age is 44.4 against 46.0 in the metropolitan city of Rome, and households have 2.48 members on average. Foreign residents make up 6.0%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average, although that average includes Rome itself.

In the metropolitan city of Rome, 97 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 and 24 in zone 3. Lariano is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.166 g. The Alban Hills are an extinct volcanic area where tremors are frequent, though usually weak; for a house built before current rules, ask for the structural design.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report traces the plot from the address. On the wooded slopes and along the gullies running down from Monte Artemisio it also checks landslides and flooding.

Key points

  • Castelli Romani town below Monte Artemisio, near Velletri.
  • Population up 2.2% since 2011; average age 44.4.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.166 g.
  • Scattered houses: check permits and floor plans.

Overview

Lariano is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 13,176 residents, ranked 35 of 121 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lariano 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 0.166 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Lariano, 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 2.2%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 6.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lariano declared an average taxable income of 21,033 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lariano is in climate zone D, with 1,575 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 350 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lariano has 8 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.4 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 14.4% of the land in Lariano, compared with 13.2% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no open contaminated sites in Lariano; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Lariano: 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 Lariano 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 36 inhabited census areas in Lariano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 56.2%
  • good 43.8%

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 058115. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.