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Campora: 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: Piazza Padre Giuseppe Feola 1, Campora.

Campora, a village in inland Cilento

Campora is a small hill village in inland Cilento, at about five hundred metres, inside the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park. It is surrounded by woods, chestnut groves and terraced fields, and the coast, though not far as the crow flies, is reached on long winding roads. For secondary schools, the hospital and public offices people go to the larger towns of Cilento.

The village has lost many people in recent decades and the market reflects this: family homes, often needing renovation, sought by people wanting a holiday home or returning to their roots. Before buying, have a surveyor check the roof, floors, wiring and plumbing and damp, and work out what the work will really cost. On the slopes, the report checks the official landslide maps at the address.

The figures bear this out. In 2023 Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 318 residents, 143 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 31.0%. The estimated average age is 57.0, against 45.2 in the province of Salerno, and over-65s make up 42.5%, against 22.7%. Foreign residents account for 3.1%.

The province of Salerno has three seismic zones on the Civil Protection Department's national scale: 18 municipalities in zone 1, 97 in zone 2 and 43 in zone 3. Campora is in zone 2, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.105 g. In an old stone house, the useful check is how walls, floors and roof are tied together, and what strengthening work has already been done.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is available, and the report traces the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Hill village in inland Cilento, inside the national park.
  • 318 residents in 2023, down 31.0% since 2011.
  • Average age 57.0, over-65s at 42.5%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.105 g.

Overview

Campora is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 318 residents, among the smallest in the province (156 of 158).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Campora 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 0.105 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Campora, 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 31.0%. The estimated average age is 57 years, higher than the province average (45). 42% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.1% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Campora declared an average taxable income of 17,281 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Campora is in climate zone D, with 1,848 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, Campora has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 1.2 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 2.0% of the land in Campora, 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 Campora.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Campora: 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 Campora 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 5 inhabited census areas in Campora. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 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 065023. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.