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Bonea: 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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Bonea, in the Caudina valley below Mount Taburno

Bonea lies in the Valle Caudina, on the side that rises towards the Taburno massif, in the province of Benevento. It is a hill village with its centre at around 350 metres, where older houses sit alongside homes built in recent decades on the roads leading down to the valley floor. The valley is a corridor between Benevento and the Caserta and Naples area, and many residents work outside the village.

For buyers, the main factors are the position relative to the valley's main road and the slope of the plot. Higher houses look up at the Taburno; lower ones make daily travel easier.

Bonea's population is younger than the provincial average. In 2023 it had 1,373 residents, down 7.4% since 2011, but the average age is 43.3 against 46.5 in the province, and 19.6% are over 65. Households average 2.28 people and 4.7% of residents are foreign nationals. Declared incomes remain below the provincial average.

The province of Benevento has 48 municipalities in seismic zone 1 and 30 in zone 2. Bonea is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.197 g, a medium to high value. For a masonry building or a block of flats from the 1970s or 1980s, ask for the construction date, any structural work carried out and the paperwork.

The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are available, so the report goes from the address to the land parcel and shows the official landslide and flood maps for that point.

Key points

  • Caudina valley, on the slopes towards Mount Taburno.
  • Average age 43.3, lower than the province (46.5).
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.197 g.
  • Population down 7.4% since 2011.

Overview

Bonea is a municipality in the province of Benevento, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,373 residents, ranked 57 of 78 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bonea 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 0.197 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Bonea, 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 7.4%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bonea declared an average taxable income of 16,969 euros, below the provincial average (19,496 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bonea is in climate zone D, with 1,707 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 350 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bonea has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets 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 8.0% of the land in Bonea, 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 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 Bonea.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bonea: 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 Bonea 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 12 inhabited census areas in Bonea. 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 062009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.