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Pontinia: 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: Strada Provinciale Marittima Ii - Tratto Strada Marittima 48, Pontinia.

Pontinia, a planned town on the reclaimed Pontine plain

Pontinia was founded in 1935 during the draining of the Pontine Marshes, the third new town after Littoria, today's Latina, and Sabaudia. The centre has a drawing-board plan, with a square and public buildings from that period, while the rest of the municipality is farmland divided into smallholdings, with the farmhouses built for settler families who came mostly from northern Italy.

Almost all the land is only a few metres above sea level and is kept dry by canals and pumping stations. For a buyer, what matters is where the plot sits within this network: the lowest fields and houses close to the canals are the ones to check most carefully on the flood maps. Many country houses are old smallholdings that have been renovated, with land around them. Latina and the beaches of Sabaudia are close by.

Farming, with greenhouses, vegetables and livestock, employs many workers from abroad, and foreign residents make up 13.3% of the population. The town is growing: 15,080 residents in 2023, up 9.2% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 43.9, lower than in the province of Latina (45.5), and over-65s make up 21.4%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Pontinia is in seismic zone 3, like 30 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.071 g. In the old settler farmhouses, now nearly a century old, check foundations, rising damp and roof, the most common problems on reclaimed land.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address, even for an isolated farmhouse out in the fields.

Key points

  • New town founded in 1935 on the drained Pontine Marshes.
  • Low land and canals: flood hazard checked plot by plot.
  • Foreign residents 13.3%; population up 9.2%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.071 g.

Overview

Pontinia is a municipality in the province of Latina, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 15,080 residents, ranked 11 of 33 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pontinia 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 0.071 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 9.2%. 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 13.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pontinia declared an average taxable income of 18,852 euros, below the provincial average (21,502 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pontinia is in climate zone C, with 1,165 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 4 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pontinia has 12 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 15 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 9.2% of the land in Pontinia, compared with 10.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 22.0 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Pontinia. 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 Pontinia: 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 Pontinia 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 138 inhabited census areas in Pontinia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 48.0%
  • good 12.3%
  • very good 39.7%

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 059017. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.