Campo di Giove: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Campo di Giove, over 1,000 metres at the foot of the Majella
At more than 1,000 metres, at the foot of the Majella massif and inside its national park, Campo di Giove is a mountain village that lives largely on tourism: ski runs in winter, walking trails in summer. A large share of the houses are second homes. Sulmona is the nearest town for services, hospital care and regional trains.
The village also has a station on the Sulmona-Carpinone railway, a mountain line now used mainly by heritage tourist trains. For everyday journeys you need a car, and in winter snow tyres are essential.
Fewer people live here all year than in the past. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 747 residents in 2023, down 11.8% on 2011. The average age is 53.5, against 47.5 in the province of L'Aquila, and over-65s make up 35.5% against 26.4%. Households are small, 1.74 people on average. Average declared income is slightly below the provincial figure.
This is climate zone F: long winters, heavy snow and heating on for most of the year. For a mountain home, insulation, the boiler and the roof are worth as much as the location.
Campo di Giove is in seismic zone 1, the highest class, like 102 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.249 g. Before buying, especially a flat in an apartment block, ask for the design, the structural sign-off and any seismic upgrading work carried out.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, and the report traces each address to its land parcel, checking slopes and landslides on the official maps.
Key points
- Mountain village in the Majella national park, with ski runs.
- Many second homes; population down 11.8% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration about 0.249 g.
- Climate zone F: insulation and heating matter a great deal.
Overview
Campo di Giove is a municipality in the province of L'Aquila, in Abruzzo. At the end of 2023 it had 747 residents, ranked 63 of 108 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Campo di Giove is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (103 of 108) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.249 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Campo di Giove, 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 11.8%. The estimated average age is 53 years, higher than the province average (48). 35% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 4.0% of the population. On average, a household has 1.7 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Campo di Giove declared an average taxable income of 21,529 euros, below the provincial average (22,903 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Campo di Giove is in climate zone F, with 3,193 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,064 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Campo di Giove has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 2.6% of the land in Campo di Giove, compared with 3.2% in the province and 5.1% 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 open contaminated sites in Campo di Giove; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Campo di Giove: 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 Campo di Giove 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 8 inhabited census areas in Campo di Giove. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 066015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.