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Cannalonga: 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 Fiera 1, Cannalonga.

Cannalonga, a village in the Cilento hinterland

Once a year Cannalonga fills up for the Frecagnola fair, an old event tied to the livestock trade. For the rest of the year it is a small village in the Cilento hinterland, at around 530 metres, inside the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni national park, surrounded by woods, olive groves and chestnut trees. For the hospital, secondary schools and work, people look to the larger towns of the area, such as Vallo della Lucania.

Houses are those typical of Cilento hill villages: stone-built, on several floors, with outside staircases and small vegetable plots, alongside newer buildings on the approach roads. Inside the park there are specific rules on extensions and changes of use, so before buying a ruin to restore, ask the town hall what you can actually do. The climate zone is D.

There were 936 residents in 2023, 13.4% fewer than in 2011. The average age is 49.0, against 45.2 in the province of Salerno, and over-65s make up 28.2% against 22.7% across the province. Foreign residents are few, 1.3%.

Cannalonga is in seismic zone 2, as are 97 of the 158 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of 0.100 g. For a stone house, checking walls and floors remains the first cost to budget for.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the municipality's cadastral maps. The report works back from the address to the parcel and gives landslide hazard, slope and the distance to services, which in a hill village matter as much as the house itself.

Key points

  • Village in the Cilento hinterland, inside the national park.
  • Park rules apply to extensions and changes of use.
  • 936 residents, down 13.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.100 g.

Overview

Cannalonga is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 936 residents, ranked 127 of 158 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cannalonga 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 0.100 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cannalonga, 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 13.4%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (45). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 1.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cannalonga declared an average taxable income of 15,987 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cannalonga is in climate zone D, with 1,827 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 530 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cannalonga has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 2.7% of the land in Cannalonga, 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 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 Cannalonga. 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 Cannalonga: 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 Cannalonga 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 6 inhabited census areas in Cannalonga. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 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 065024. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.