Soriano nel Cimino: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Viterbo, Lazio. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Soriano nel Cimino, the Orsini castle and the Monte Cimino beeches
Above Soriano nel Cimino rises Monte Cimino, the highest peak of the hills closing off the Viterbo basin to the south-east, covered by a beech forest that Unesco has listed as World Heritage together with other ancient beech forests of Europe. The town lies lower down, at around four hundred and eighty metres, clustered round the Orsini castle and Palazzo Chigi-Albani, among chestnut woods and hazelnut orchards. In October the chestnut festival fills the centre.
Viterbo is about twenty minutes by car and Rome a little over an hour, which explains a mixed market. Alongside year-round residents there are holiday homes, often owned by families from Rome, and farmhouses in the countryside. In the historic centre the houses are stone, on several floors, with narrow stairs; outside it there are villas and small blocks from recent decades. The town has a station on the Rome-Civita Castellana-Viterbo regional railway.
There were 7,909 residents in 2023, 7.4% fewer than in 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age is 48.3, against 47.5 in the province of Viterbo, and over-65s make up 27.0%. Foreign residents account for 5.8%, and households are small, with 2.15 people on average. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
In the province of Viterbo 40 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 and 20 in zone 3. Soriano is in zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.122 g. For a stone house in the old town, find out whether walls and floors have been strengthened and whether the roof has been redone to modern standards; for a villa, the year of the structural design.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report traces the plot from the address. On the wooded slopes of the Cimini hills, landslide risk and gradient vary from one spot to the next and should be read for the individual house, just as climate zone E, with cold winters, weighs on heating bills.
Key points
- Orsini castle, chestnut woods and the Unesco beech forest.
- Population down 7.4% since 2011; over-65s at 27.0%.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.122 g.
- Holiday homes alongside year-round residences.
Overview
Soriano nel Cimino is a municipality in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 7,909 residents, ranked 12 of 60 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Soriano nel Cimino 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 (40 of 60) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.122 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Soriano nel Cimino, 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 7.4%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 5.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Soriano nel Cimino declared an average taxable income of 20,839 euros, below the provincial average (22,031 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Soriano nel Cimino is in climate zone E, with 2,272 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 480 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Soriano nel Cimino has 5 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 4.7% of the land in Soriano nel Cimino, compared with 4.7% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Soriano nel Cimino, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. 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 Soriano nel Cimino: 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 Soriano nel Cimino 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 43 inhabited census areas in Soriano nel Cimino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.0%
- fair 31.1%
- good 68.9%
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 056048. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.