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Minturno: 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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For example: Via Appia 1, Minturno.

Minturno, the hill town and the Scauri seafront

Minturno is the last municipality in Lazio before Campania, at the mouth of the Garigliano, the river that marks the border. The old town stands on a hill at about one hundred and forty metres, looking over the Gulf of Gaeta; on the coast is Scauri, the seaside district, and near the river the excavations of ancient Minturnae, with its Roman theatre.

The housing market has two faces. In Scauri and along the shore many homes are holiday houses, lived in mostly in summer, with rents and prices following the season; in the hill town and the inland villages people live all year round, in stone houses and small blocks. Minturno-Scauri station, on the Rome to Naples line via Formia, and the Via Appia link the municipality with Formia, Rome and Naples.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 20,389 residents in 2023, up 4.7% since 2011. The average age is 45.9 and over-65s make up 24.1%, a little above the province of Latina; foreign nationals account for 4.4%. Schools, supermarkets and green spaces are more common per resident than the provincial average. The climate is mild, with long summers.

Minturno is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 29 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.090 g. For seaside homes, look at the state of steel and concrete exposed to salt air, especially on balconies and eaves; for stone houses on the hill, the roofs and floors.

Near the Garigliano and on the coastal plain, flood hazard matters more than landslides, while on the hills it is the other way round: the report checks the address against the official maps and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Last municipality in Lazio, at the mouth of the Garigliano.
  • Holiday homes in Scauri, old town on the hill.
  • 20,389 residents, up 4.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected ground acceleration about 0.090 g.

Overview

Minturno is a municipality in the province of Latina, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 20,389 residents, ranked 8 of 33 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Minturno is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3A. 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 0.090 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 4.7%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Minturno declared an average taxable income of 20,480 euros, in line with the province (21,502 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Minturno is in climate zone C, with 1,334 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 141 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Minturno has 22 schools and 6 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 17 grocery shops and supermarkets, 13 healthcare facilities, 16 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.

There are 1.1 schools per 1,000 residents, more 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 17.6% of the land in Minturno, compared with 10.1% 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Minturno. 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 Minturno: 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 Minturno 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 115 inhabited census areas in Minturno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 25.3%
  • good 56.2%
  • very good 18.5%

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 059014. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.