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Marano Equo: 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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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 del Giardino 1, Marano Equo.

Marano Equo, a hill village in the Aniene valley

The name recalls the Aequi, the Italic people who lived in these mountains before Rome expanded. Marano Equo is a small village in the Aniene valley, in the eastern part of the metropolitan city of Rome, built on high ground at about 450 metres. The A24 motorway runs through the valley, so Rome can be reached by car for those who work there.

For buyers, the old centre offers stone houses on several floors, with internal stairs and steep lanes, often in need of renovation; outside the historic core there are newer homes with a bit of land. This is climate zone D, with cool winters, and in older houses insulation and heating make a real difference to yearly costs.

The population has held almost steady: 770 residents in 2023, down 2.0% since 2011. Foreign residents make up 10.5%. The average age is 48.4, against 46.0 across the Rome area, and over-65s account for 29.1%, more than the provincial 22.9%. Average declared incomes are below the average for the metropolitan city.

Marano Equo is in seismic zone 2, like 97 of the 121 municipalities in the metropolitan area, with an expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.158 g. For masonry houses in the centre, find out whether the structure has been strengthened and whether the building work was properly authorised.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel. In a village built on high ground, landslide hazard on the slopes is read from the official maps for the location of the house.

Key points

  • Hill village in the Aniene valley, east of Rome.
  • Population down 2.0% since 2011, foreign residents 10.5%.
  • Over-65s at 29.1%, against 22.9% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.158 g.

Overview

Marano Equo is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 770 residents, ranked 101 of 121 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Marano Equo 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 0.158 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Marano Equo, 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 2.0%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 10.5% of the population. On average, a household has 1.9 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Marano Equo declared an average taxable income of 24,597 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Marano Equo is in climate zone D, with 2,013 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 450 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Marano Equo has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 3.5% of the land in Marano Equo, 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

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Marano Equo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Marano Equo: 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 Marano Equo 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 4 inhabited census areas in Marano Equo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 99.9%

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

ISTAT code 058055. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.