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Vivaro Romano: 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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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 della Selva Grande 1, Vivaro Romano.

Vivaro Romano, a mountain village on the edge of the Rome area

In the mountains on the edge of Rome's metropolitan area, close to the province of Rieti, Vivaro Romano stands above seven hundred and fifty metres. It is a stone village with houses packed around its upper part and woods all round. Winters are cold, climate zone E.

If you are thinking of living here all year, distance from services is the main point. Secondary schools, hospitals and offices are in larger towns, reached by car on mountain roads, and Rome is too far for a daily commute. More often people buy here for weekends and summer, or to return to the place their family came from. In an older house, check the roof, walls, damp and the wiring and plumbing, and ask whether building permits exist for work done over the years.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 152 residents in 2023, 14.1% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 53.4, against 46.0 for the metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 30.3%. Foreign residents account for 8.6%. Declared incomes are well below the metropolitan average.

Vivaro Romano is in seismic zone 2 of the national classification, like 97 of the 121 municipalities in the metropolitan area; the other 24 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration in the village is about 0.163 g, so for a masonry building it is worth asking whether it has been strengthened.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report links the address to its parcel, also checking landslide and flood hazard on the official maps.

Key points

  • Mountain village in Rome's metropolitan area, towards the province of Rieti.
  • 152 residents in 2023, average age 53.4.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.163 g.
  • Services in larger towns: a car is essential.

Overview

Vivaro Romano is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 152 residents, among the smallest in the province (121 of 121).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vivaro Romano 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 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Vivaro Romano, 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 14.1%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (46). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 1.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vivaro Romano declared an average taxable income of 20,540 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Vivaro Romano is in climate zone E, with 2,855 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 756 metres above sea level.

Services

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 1.6% of the land in Vivaro Romano, 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 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 no contaminated sites in Vivaro Romano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Vivaro Romano: 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 Vivaro Romano 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 2 inhabited census areas in Vivaro Romano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 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 058113. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.