Sant'Elia Fiumerapido: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Frosinone, Lazio. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Sant'Elia Fiumerapido, on the Rapido river north of Cassino
The name comes from the Rapido, the river that runs through the municipality and down towards Cassino, a few kilometres to the south. Sant'Elia Fiumerapido lies where the Cassino plain closes against the mountains of southern Lazio: the centre is low, at around a hundred and twenty metres, while the outlying hamlets are scattered over the hills and lower slopes.
Recent history weighs on the housing stock. In the winter of 1943 to 1944 the area was on the Gustav Line, the German front that ran through Cassino, and like the other towns around it Sant'Elia was badly damaged. Many houses were rebuilt after the war, with the materials and building rules of the time, so buyers should find out when a building went up and how it is built.
For anyone working elsewhere, the reference point is Cassino, a few minutes away, with its station on the Rome to Naples railway, a junction on the A1 motorway and the university. The basic services are in town, and schools are more widespread than average: 1.41 per 1,000 residents against 1.13 in the province. For shops, sport and restaurants, though, people nearly always go to Cassino.
The population is falling. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,654 residents, down 9.2% on 2011, with an estimated average age of 47.5 against 46.8 for the province of Frosinone and over-65s at 27.4%. Foreign nationals are few, 2.2%, and declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Seismic risk is high. Sant'Elia is in zone 1 of the Civil Protection Department's classification, like 29 other municipalities in the province, and the expected acceleration is about 0.248 g. For a post-war house built before current earthquake codes, a structural check before completion is worthwhile. Near the river and the drainage channels of the plain, the report also shows the official flood maps. Cadastral maps from the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) are published.
Key points
- In the Rapido valley, a few minutes from Cassino.
- Many houses rebuilt after the war: check the structure.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.248 g.
- Population down 9.2% since 2011, over-65s at 27.4%.
Overview
Sant'Elia Fiumerapido is a municipality in the province of Frosinone, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 5,654 residents, ranked 20 of 91 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Elia Fiumerapido is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 30 of 91 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.248 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Sant'Elia Fiumerapido, 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 9.2%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 2.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Elia Fiumerapido declared an average taxable income of 20,102 euros, below the provincial average (21,514 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sant'Elia Fiumerapido is in climate zone C, with 1,311 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 120 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Elia Fiumerapido has 8 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.
There are 0.5 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).
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 7.4% of the land in Sant'Elia Fiumerapido, compared with 6.9% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.0 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Sant'Elia Fiumerapido. 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 Sant'Elia Fiumerapido: 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 Sant'Elia Fiumerapido 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 65 inhabited census areas in Sant'Elia Fiumerapido. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 2.2%
- fair 97.8%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 060068. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.