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Baselice: what to know before buying a home

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

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Baselice, the upper Fortore valley near Molise

In the north-eastern corner of the province of Benevento, close to Molise, Baselice is a village in the upper Fortore valley at more than six hundred metres. The landscape is open, with rolling hills under wheat and fodder crops, few trees and wide views.

This is an area far from the cities. Benevento is a long drive on winding roads, and a trip to hospital or secondary school has to be planned. People buying here usually want to return to their family village or to get a large house for little money. The centre has stone and brick houses on several floors; out in the countryside there are farmsteads (masserie) and rural buildings. The village has 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets and 5 school sites.

Depopulation is marked. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,062 residents in 2023, down 19.3% on 2011. The average age is 50.5, against 46.5 for the province, and 32.9% are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 2.5%. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Baselice is in seismic zone 2, with expected ground acceleration of 0.169 g; 48 other municipalities in the province of Benevento are in zone 1, the highest. For a stone house, ask whether it has been strengthened and under which permits.

The clay hills of the Fortore call for care over ground stability, assessed plot by plot. The report finds the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps and checks the official landslide and flood maps.

Key points

  • Upper Fortore valley, close to Molise.
  • Population down 19.3% since 2011.
  • Large houses for little money, far from the cities.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.169 g.

Overview

Baselice is a municipality in the province of Benevento, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,062 residents, ranked 40 of 78 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Baselice is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 30 of 78 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.169 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Baselice, 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 19.3%. The estimated average age is 50 years, higher than the province average (46). 33% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 2.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Baselice declared an average taxable income of 13,694 euros, below the provincial average (19,496 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Baselice is in climate zone E, with 2,199 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 620 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Baselice has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities and 2 sports facilities.

There are 1.0 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

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 4.6% of the land in Baselice, compared with 7.4% in the province and 10.6% 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 low. 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 Baselice. 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 Baselice: 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 Baselice 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 20 inhabited census areas in Baselice. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.1%
  • fair 57.2%
  • good 39.7%

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 062007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.