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Avellino: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Avellino, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Search for an address in Avellino

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 Dante 7, Milan.

Avellino, in the heart of Irpinia

Avellino is the capital of Irpinia, the mountainous interior of Campania: a city in a basin crossed by the river Sabato and ringed by the Apennines. It is wine country, with well-known appellations such as Fiano di Avellino, Greco di Tufo and Taurasi, and it still carries the memory of the earthquake of 23 November 1980, which struck the whole of Irpinia hard.

That is exactly why the seismic classification is the first thing to look at. The province of Avellino is split almost down the middle: 58 municipalities are in zone 1, the highest class, and 60 in zone 2. The city is one of the latter, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.196 g, a medium-high value. Whatever you are buying, ask for the design date, the structural completion certificate (collaudo) and details of any later work.

There were 52,121 residents at the end of 2023, 3.9% fewer than at the 2011 census. Avellino is the most populous municipality in the province but, with 118 municipalities in total, it holds just 13.1% of the population. It is older than the surrounding area: an estimated average age of 47.3 against 46.2 for the province, with over-65s at 25.4% compared with 23.9% provincially and 20.9% for Campania. Foreign residents make up 4.5%.

The city is where the area's services are concentrated. Overture Maps data record 55 schools and education sites (1.06 per 1,000 residents against 1.33 in the province) and 49 healthcare facilities (0.94 against 0.40). The Ministry of Health lists 16 pharmacies, less dense than the provincial average (0.31 against 0.43 per 1,000).

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Avellino's cadastral maps, and the report uses them to find the building's plot. In a basin between river and mountains, landslide and flood hazard and local prices are checked for the address, not for the municipality as a whole.

Key points

  • Capital of Irpinia, wine country hit by the 1980 earthquake.
  • Seismic zone 2; 58 of the province's 118 municipalities are in zone 1.
  • Population down 3.9% since 2011.
  • Many schools and healthcare facilities per resident.

Overview

Avellino is the capital of the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 52,121 residents, the most populous municipality in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Avellino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (60 of 118) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.196 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Avellino, 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Avellino.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 3.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Avellino has 55 schools and 16 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 40 grocery shops and supermarkets, 49 healthcare facilities, 34 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Avellino: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 064008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.