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Campagna: 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: Viale della Pace 1, Campagna.

Campagna, an old town in the valley and Quadrivio below

Campagna is a very large municipality in the Salerno hinterland, between the Sele plain and the Picentini mountains, close to Eboli. The old town is tucked into a narrow valley where two streams meet at the foot of the mountain; the newer part has grown further down at Quadrivio, along the roads leading to the plain and the motorway. The area also includes hill and mountain villages and wide stretches of farmland.

During the Second World War Campagna held an internment camp for foreign Jews, linked to the name of Giovanni Palatucci, and a museum now keeps that memory alive. For buyers the contrasts between areas are sharp: old stone houses and steep lanes in the centre, low-rise blocks and small villas at Quadrivio, scattered houses and farmsteads in the villages. The junction on the A2 Mediterranean motorway gives quick access to Salerno to the north and to the Cilento and Calabria to the south.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 16,834 residents in 2023, up 5.5% since 2011, or 881 more people. The population is younger than the provincial average: average age 42.7 against 45.2, over-65s at 19.6%. Foreign nationals are 7.5% of residents, and average declared incomes are below the provincial average. Supermarkets are plentiful (20), above the average per resident.

Campagna is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 97 municipalities in the province of Salerno, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.132 g; the 1980 Irpinia earthquake hit this whole part of Campania hard. For masonry houses in the old centre, structural checks and strengthening work are what count. Between the streams and the steep slopes, the report checks landslide and flood maps for the address, and the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published.

Key points

  • Old town in the valley, Quadrivio further down towards the plain.
  • Junction on the A2 Mediterranean motorway.
  • 16,834 residents, up 5.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.132 g.

Overview

Campagna is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 16,834 residents, among the most populous in the province (16 of 158).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Campagna 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 0.132 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Campagna, 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 grown by 5.5%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 7.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Campagna declared an average taxable income of 16,928 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Campagna is in climate zone D, with 1,557 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 410 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Campagna has 21 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 20 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 healthcare facilities, 9 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 1.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.8).

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 6.4% of the land in Campagna, compared with 8.0% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Campagna. 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 Campagna: 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 Campagna 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 168 inhabited census areas in Campagna. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 5.9%
  • fair 56.9%
  • good 37.2%

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 065022. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.