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Cercepiccola: 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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Cercepiccola, a hill village in inland Molise

Cercepiccola is a hill municipality in the province of Campobasso, in the small southern region of Molise, with its town hall at nearly 700 metres and a landscape of fields, pasture and woods. The village is small and compact, with old stone houses in the historic core and a few newer buildings on the edges. Campobasso, the regional capital, is where people go for offices, the hospital and secondary schools, always by car.

In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 640 residents, down 6.6% on 2011. The average age is 47.7, almost the same as the 47.6 of the province, over-65s are 27.2% and foreign residents 8.1%. Average declared income is well below the provincial figure.

In the centre, houses often have thick walls, steep stairs and small rooms, while outside the village there are country houses with land. Either way, climate zone E weighs on the bills: ask for the energy use of recent winters and check the windows and boiler. If the house has been closed for a long time, look carefully for damp as well.

Molise is a seismic region. In the province, 11 municipalities are in zone 1 of the Civil Protection (Protezione Civile) classification, and Cercepiccola is in zone 2 along with 63 others, with an expected ground acceleration in the village of about 0.240 g. Before signing, an engineer can tell you whether the walls are properly tied to the floors and whether any documented repairs or strengthening have been carried out.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps for the municipality, and the report traces the address to the land parcel. On sloping ground it also reads the elevation, gradient and landslide hazard of the individual plot.

Key points

  • Hill village in the province of Campobasso, at nearly 700 metres.
  • 640 residents, down 6.6% since 2011.
  • Average age 47.7, close to the province (47.6).
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.240 g.

Overview

Cercepiccola is a municipality in the province of Campobasso, in Molise. At the end of 2023 it had 640 residents, ranked 57 of 84 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cercepiccola 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 0.240 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Cercepiccola, 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 6.6%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 8.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cercepiccola declared an average taxable income of 14,772 euros, below the provincial average (19,995 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cercepiccola is in climate zone E, with 2,243 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 679 metres above sea level.

Services

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

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 3.6% of the land in Cercepiccola, 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 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 Cercepiccola.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cercepiccola: 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 Cercepiccola 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 14 inhabited census areas in Cercepiccola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 52.5%
  • good 47.5%

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 070018. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.