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Rocca Canterano: 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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For example: Via Roma 1, Rocca Canterano.

Rocca Canterano, a mountain village near Subiaco

Leaving the Aniene valley and climbing towards the villages around Subiaco, the road winds through woods and slopes up to Rocca Canterano, a village built high up, at around seven hundred metres, as its name (rocca means fortress) suggests. The old centre is compact, with stone houses, steps and a few small squares, and around it are woods, pastures and small farmed plots. Subiaco is the reference town for everyday services, Rome the reference for work and the larger hospitals.

This is a place for people who want quiet and space, knowing that every errand means the car. In houses in the old village, check the roof, damp in walls built against the hillside, the wiring and plumbing, and whether you can park within a reasonable distance. In climate zone E, winter at this height is noticeable.

Figures from Istat, Italy's national statistics office, show a small, elderly population: in 2023 there were 171 residents, 36 fewer than the 207 of 2011, a fall of 17.4%. Over-65s make up 40.9%, against 22.9% in the metropolitan city of Rome, and the estimated average age is 54.4. Declared incomes are below the Rome area average.

Rocca Canterano is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, along with 96 other municipalities in the metropolitan city, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.157 g. Before buying an old masonry house, ask a structural engineer how it was built and whether it has had any strengthening work. The report reads the official landslide and flood maps at the address and, with the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, finds the building's land parcel.

Key points

  • Mountain village above the Aniene valley, near Subiaco.
  • 171 residents in 2023, down 17.4% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 40.9%, against 22.9% in the Rome area.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.157 g.

Overview

Rocca Canterano is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 171 residents, among the smallest in the province (120 of 121).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rocca Canterano 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 0.157 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Rocca Canterano, 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 17.4%. The estimated average age is 54 years, higher than the province average (46). 41% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 2.9% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rocca Canterano declared an average taxable income of 21,771 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rocca Canterano is in climate zone E, with 2,640 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 745 metres above sea level.

Services

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 1.4% of the land in Rocca Canterano, 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 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 no contaminated sites in Rocca Canterano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rocca Canterano: 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 Rocca Canterano 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 5 inhabited census areas in Rocca Canterano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 058084. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.