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Saracinesco: 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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Saracinesco, a village on a rocky spur above the Aniene valley

On a rocky spur at around nine hundred metres, looking down on the Aniene valley, Saracinesco is a small village in the mountains east of Rome. The name recalls the Saracens, and local tradition holds that the village grew from one of their settlements in the Middle Ages. The houses lean against one another, with narrow lanes and views opening onto the valley.

For work and services people drive down into the Aniene valley, which the A24 motorway follows, and on to Rome. The road up to the village is long and full of bends, and residents take the car for every errand. If you buy in the old village, remember that building work is harder in narrow, sloping lanes, and that in climate zone E winters at this height are cold and windy.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 172 residents, 12 fewer than the 184 of 2011, a fall of 6.5%. The estimated average age is 48.8, a little above the 46.0 of the metropolitan city of Rome, and foreign residents make up 7.0%. Declared incomes are below the Rome area average.

Saracinesco is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 97 of the 121 municipalities in the metropolitan city, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.156 g. For an old masonry house, find out whether it has been strengthened and what condition the roof is in. On a rocky spur like this one the report checks the official landslide maps at the exact address, and with the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps it links the house to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Hilltop village on a rocky spur above the Aniene valley.
  • 172 residents in 2023, down 6.5% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents 7.0%; average age 48.8.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.156 g.

Overview

Saracinesco is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 172 residents, among the smallest in the province (119 of 121).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Saracinesco 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 0.156 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Saracinesco, 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 6.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (46). 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 7.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.6 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Saracinesco declared an average taxable income of 22,363 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Saracinesco is in climate zone E, with 2,787 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 908 metres above sea level.

Services

In the Overture Maps data, Saracinesco has 1 sports facility.

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 2.1% of the land in Saracinesco, 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 Saracinesco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Saracinesco: 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 Saracinesco 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 Saracinesco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 51 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 058101. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.