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Calvanico: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. 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 Gerardo D'Orsi 1, Calvanico.

Calvanico, in the Picentini hills above the Irno valley

Calvanico is a hillside village in the Picentini mountains, at around 500 metres, looking over the Irno valley. Further down lie Fisciano, home to the University of Salerno campus, and the motorway link between Salerno and Avellino: people go down there for work, study and shopping. Behind the village the land rises towards woods and mountains.

Buyers in Calvanico usually want a bigger, quieter house than they could find in the valley, in exchange for a few more hairpin bends. Homes are village houses in the centre and detached houses on sloping plots; for the latter, retaining walls, winter access and rainwater drainage all matter. A car is essential.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,395 residents in 2023, down 11.1% from 1,570 in 2011. The average age, 45.6, is close to the provincial figure of 45.2, and over-65s make up 21.7%. Foreign residents account for 7.0%. Declared incomes remain below the average for the province of Salerno.

The province is split across seismic zones: 18 municipalities are in zone 1, 97 in zone 2 and 43 in zone 3. Calvanico is in zone 2, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.131 g in the built-up area. For a masonry house in the centre, ask whether repair or strengthening work was done after 1980 and under which design.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality. On the slopes, the report compares the address with the official landslide maps and gives the gradient of the land.

Key points

  • Picentini hillside above the Irno valley.
  • Fisciano, the university and the Salerno-Avellino link below.
  • Population down 11.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.131 g.

Overview

Calvanico is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,395 residents, ranked 104 of 158 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Calvanico is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (97 of 158) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.131 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Calvanico, 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 11.1%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 7.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Calvanico declared an average taxable income of 17,651 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Calvanico is in climate zone D, with 1,669 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 500 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Calvanico has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities 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 3.2% of the land in Calvanico, compared with 8.0% 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 no contaminated sites in Calvanico.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Calvanico: 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 Calvanico 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 Calvanico. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.7%
  • fair 99.3%

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 065020. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.