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Tuscania: 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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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: Via Pericle Scriboni 1, Tuscania.

Tuscania, the Etruscan town on the Marta and its farmland

Etruscan tombs, walls with towers and above all the two great Romanesque churches of San Pietro and Santa Maria Maggiore, just outside the centre on the neighbouring hill, make Tuscania one of the best-known historic towns in the Tuscia area of northern Lazio. The town stands on a spur of tuff, the local volcanic stone, above the Marta river, about half an hour from Viterbo. Its territory is very large: wheat fields, olive groves and pasture running down towards the coastal Maremma and the sea at Tarquinia.

The housing market has three faces. In the old town there are flats and stone houses, often needing work, sought by foreigners and Romans as holiday homes; outside the walls are the newer districts; in the countryside, farmhouses and smallholdings, sometimes far from services and reached only by gravel roads. Very little land is built on given the size of the municipality.

In 2023 there were 8,189 residents, up 0.5% on 2011, so the population is flat. The estimated average age, 47.5, matches the province, and over-65s make up 26.2%. Foreign residents account for 11.6%, many working in farming. Average incomes are below the provincial level.

Tuscania is in seismic zone 2 of the national classification, like 40 municipalities in the province of Viterbo, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.139 g. The town knows the issue well: in 1971 an earthquake struck the old centre, and many buildings were repaired or rebuilt in the following years. For a house in the centre, ask what work was done then and since, and with which materials.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report reaches the plot. At the edge of the tuff cliff landslides are the issue, along the Marta and the field ditches flooding: both are read for the address.

Key points

  • Etruscan and medieval town on a tuff spur above the Marta river.
  • Population stable since 2011; over-65s 26.2%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.139 g.
  • Old-town houses, newer districts and farmhouses: three markets.

Overview

Tuscania is a municipality in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 8,189 residents, ranked 11 of 60 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Tuscania 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 0.139 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Tuscania, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 11.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Tuscania declared an average taxable income of 20,804 euros, below the provincial average (22,031 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Tuscania is in climate zone D, with 1,654 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 165 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Tuscania has 5 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.6 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.9).

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 3.1% of the land in Tuscania, compared with 4.7% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 65.2 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 Tuscania. 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 Tuscania: 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 Tuscania 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 76 inhabited census areas in Tuscania. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 77 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 9.6%
  • good 52.3%
  • very good 38.1%

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 056052. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.