Chiusano di San Domenico: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Avellino, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
Liveability index free for any address
Land sheet 6 free checks
Search for an address in Chiusano di San Domenico
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 Guglielmo Marconi 1, Chiusano di San Domenico.
Chiusano di San Domenico, an upland village in Irpinia
This is Irpinia, the inland area around Avellino, at roughly seven hundred metres: a landscape of high hills, chestnut woods and hazelnut groves. Chiusano di San Domenico is a low mountain village, with a compact centre and outlying hamlets (contrade) scattered across the surrounding countryside.
For buyers, the distance from Avellino is the key point. You live somewhere cool and quiet and go into town for work, the hospital and secondary schools, always by car on hill roads. Much of the housing dates from after the war or was rebuilt after the 1980 earthquake, with detached houses and small blocks of flats; the contrade have farmhouses with land. Locally there are 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets and 3 school sites.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,073 residents in 2023, down 11.8% on 2011. The average age is 46.9 (province: 46.2) and 25.3% of residents are over 65. Foreign nationals are very few, 0.8%. Declared incomes are close to, if slightly below, the provincial average.
Earthquake risk in Irpinia is high. Chiusano is in seismic zone 2, with expected ground acceleration of 0.223 g; 58 other municipalities in the province are in zone 1, the highest. For any house, find out when it was built or rebuilt, under which building rules, and whether the structural inspection certificate (collaudo) exists.
Winters are cold and snow is not unusual, so insulation and heating matter. The report traces the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps and checks the official landslide and flood maps there.
Key points
- Upland village in Irpinia, not far from Avellino.
- Population down 11.8% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.223 g.
- Many rebuilt homes: check building rules and certificates.
Overview
Chiusano di San Domenico is a municipality in the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,073 residents, ranked 56 of 118 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Chiusano di San Domenico is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (60 of 118) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.223 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Chiusano di San Domenico, 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 11.8%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 0.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Chiusano di San Domenico declared an average taxable income of 18,326 euros, below the provincial average (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Chiusano di San Domenico is in climate zone E, with 2,388 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 700 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Chiusano di San Domenico has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 healthcare facility.
There are 1.0 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).
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 4.6% of the land in Chiusano di San Domenico, 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
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 Chiusano di San Domenico.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Chiusano di San Domenico: 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 Chiusano di San Domenico 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 28 inhabited census areas in Chiusano di San Domenico. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 41.4%
- good 58.6%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 064028. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.