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Campodipietra: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Campobasso, Molise. 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 Leopoldo Montini 1, Campodipietra.

Campodipietra, hills on the edge of Campobasso

Campodipietra is one of the hill villages ringing Campobasso, a few kilometres from the Molise regional capital. It stands at around 500 metres in open, rolling country farmed for wheat and fodder, and the old centre clusters around the mother church, with stone houses along narrow streets.

For buyers, closeness to Campobasso is what counts most: people who work there, in public offices, at the hospital or at the university, can live here with short journeys and more space for less money. The old centre has stone houses that often need renovating, while outside it there are villas and newer low-rise blocks. Winters are cold and windy, in climate zone D, with occasional snow.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 2,425 residents in 2023, down 5.5% on 2011. The average age is 45.0, lower than the provincial 47.6, and over-65s make up 21.7%, making it a relatively young village for Molise. Foreign residents are 2.4%.

Molise is an earthquake region, and the Campobasso area particularly so. Campodipietra is in seismic zone 2, like 63 other municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of 0.218 g, a high value. With any purchase, ask whether the building has a structural assessment and what work has been done, and for newer houses the year of the design.

Using the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps, the report finds the land parcel from the address and checks the official hazard maps for the slopes.

Key points

  • Hill village a few kilometres from Campobasso.
  • Population down 5.5% since 2011; average age 45.0.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.218 g.
  • Stone houses in the centre, newer villas outside.

Overview

Campodipietra is a municipality in the province of Campobasso, in Molise. At the end of 2023 it had 2,425 residents, ranked 18 of 84 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Campodipietra is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 84) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.218 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Campodipietra, 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 5.5%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (48). 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Campodipietra declared an average taxable income of 18,908 euros, below the provincial average (19,995 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Campodipietra is in climate zone D, with 2,016 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 520 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Campodipietra has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

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 6.1% of the land in Campodipietra, compared with 4.3% in the province and 4.0% 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Campodipietra, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. 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 Campodipietra: 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 Campodipietra 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 35 inhabited census areas in Campodipietra. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 54.2%
  • good 45.8%

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 070008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.