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Villa Latina: 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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Villa Latina, a village in the Valle di Comino

The first thing to know about Villa Latina concerns earthquakes: the municipality is in seismic zone 1, the highest hazard class on the scale used by the Civil Protection Department, along with 29 other municipalities in the province of Frosinone, and expected ground acceleration in the village is 0.258 g. Anyone buying a masonry house should ask to see the plans, any upgrading work and the certificates, and have an engineer look at the structure before making an offer.

The village lies in the Valle di Comino, at around 400 metres and not far from Atina, in a green basin ringed by the mountains that mark the border with Abruzzo and Molise. It is a landscape of farmland, woods and small villages, with the reference towns (Cassino and Sora) reached by car. The valley has a long history of emigration, and in summer some people come back to the family house.

Istat, Italy's statistics office, recorded 1,142 residents in 2023, 11.2% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 48.9, compared with 46.8 in the province, and 29.3% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 8.1%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Homes are mostly detached houses of one or two storeys with a vegetable garden or some land, plus the old stone houses of the historic core. In climate zone E insulation matters: winters are cold, and damp on the valley floor.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, and the report finds the land parcel from the address, also checking the official maps for landslides and flooding along the valley's streams.

Key points

  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.258 g.
  • In the Valle di Comino, not far from Atina.
  • 1,142 residents, down 11.2% since 2011.
  • Detached houses with land and old stone houses.

Overview

Villa Latina is a municipality in the province of Frosinone, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 1,142 residents, ranked 73 of 91 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villa Latina 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 0.258 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Villa Latina, 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 11.2%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 8.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villa Latina declared an average taxable income of 16,988 euros, below the provincial average (21,514 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Villa Latina is in climate zone E, with 2,107 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 415 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Villa Latina has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 4.2% of the land in Villa Latina, compared with 6.9% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no open contaminated sites in Villa Latina; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Villa Latina: 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 Villa Latina 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 Villa Latina. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 060088. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.