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Cautano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Benevento, 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 Roma 1, Cautano.

Cautano, on the slopes of Mount Taburno

Cautano sits on the northern slopes of Mount Taburno, in the Benevento area known as the Sannio, inside the Taburno-Camposauro regional park. From the village the view opens over the valley below, and Benevento is reached by car heading down towards the Calore river. The land combines woods and limestone cliffs higher up with olive groves and fields lower down.

For buyers, the starting point is earthquakes. Cautano is in seismic zone 1, the highest class on the Civil Protection scale, like 47 other municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of 0.227 g. Whether it is a stone house in the centre or a reinforced concrete building from recent decades, you need the structural design, the sign-off and the certificate of habitability, and a surveyor should assess the structure.

Houses in the centre are often on several floors and built into the slope, with outside stairs and narrow access; lower down there are detached homes and houses with land. The park brings stricter rules on extensions and new building, to be checked with the town hall before signing. At the foot of the Taburno, the official landslide and flood maps are read for the address in the report.

In 2023 there were 1,891 residents, according to Istat, the national statistics office, down 9.6% since 2011. The average age is 45.7, slightly below the provincial 46.5, and over-65s are 23.8%. Foreign residents are few, 3.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The climate is zone D. The Revenue Agency publishes cadastral maps and the report links the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Taburno slopes, inside the Taburno-Camposauro park.
  • Seismic zone 1, the highest; acceleration 0.227 g.
  • Population down 9.6% since 2011.
  • Park rules on extensions and new building.

Overview

Cautano is a municipality in the province of Benevento, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,891 residents, ranked 48 of 78 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cautano is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (48 of 78) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.227 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cautano, 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 9.6%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cautano declared an average taxable income of 17,604 euros, below the provincial average (19,496 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cautano is in climate zone D, with 1,771 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 385 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cautano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 5.9% of the land in Cautano, compared with 7.4% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no open contaminated sites in Cautano; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cautano: 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 Cautano 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 Cautano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.8%
  • fair 96.2%

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 062021. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.