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Vasanello: 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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Vasanello, pottery and tuff between the Cimini hills and the Tiber

Vasanello is a village of the Tuscia area around Viterbo, built on tuff, the soft volcanic stone, in the band of hills between the Monti Cimini and the Tiber valley, not far from Orte. The old centre, gathered round the Orsini castle, sits on a spur ringed by ravines, while newer houses have spread over the plateau. Pottery making is a long-standing village tradition.

For anyone working elsewhere, Orte is the key: it has a station on the line to Rome and a junction on the A1 motorway, and commuters to the capital usually go that way. The market includes tuff-built village houses, often on several levels, small villas with gardens and country houses among hazelnut and olive groves. Average declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

In 2023 there were 3,985 residents, down 4.2% on 2011, according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is slightly younger than the province of Viterbo: an average age of 46.3 against 47.5, and over-65s at 24.8%. Foreign residents make up 10.3%.

Vasanello is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 40 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.131 g. In the tuff houses of the old centre, the condition of the walls, cracks and floors matter; for newer villas, the design and construction date.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report traces the plot from the address. A centre built on the edge of ravines calls for attention to rockfalls from the tuff cliffs and to landslides, which the report checks on the official maps for the exact point of the house.

Key points

  • Tuff-built village with the Orsini castle, between the Cimini hills and the Tiber.
  • Close to Orte, with a station on the Rome line and an A1 junction.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected ground acceleration about 0.131 g.
  • Population down 4.2% since 2011.

Overview

Vasanello is a municipality in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 3,985 residents, ranked 22 of 60 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vasanello 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 0.131 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Vasanello, 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 4.2%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 10.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vasanello declared an average taxable income of 21,722 euros, in line with the province (22,031 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vasanello is in climate zone D, with 1,891 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 265 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vasanello has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 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 (0.8).

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 5.0% of the land in Vasanello, 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Vasanello. 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 Vasanello: 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 Vasanello 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 17 inhabited census areas in Vasanello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 77 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 6.5%
  • good 93.5%

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 056055. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.