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Cicerale: 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 Umberto Primo 1, Cicerale.

Cicerale, the chickpea village in the Cilento hills

The name comes from chickpeas (ceci), and Cicerale chickpeas are still what the village is known for. This is the hill country of the Cilento, inside the national park, a landscape of olive groves, fields and scrub; the coast at Agropoli and Paestum lies below, a drive away, with the station, shops and services.

The village had 1,176 residents in 2023, 4.6% fewer than in 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. It is older than the province of Salerno: an average age of 49.0 against 45.2, over-65s at 28.3% against 22.7%. Foreign residents make up 3.9%; declared incomes are below the provincial average.

On the market are masonry houses in the centre, often on two levels and needing work, and country houses with a little land. Because the area is inside a national park, extensions, new building and changes of use follow stricter rules, so before buying a rural building with plans to enlarge it, talk to the municipality and the park authority. The climate zone is D, with mild winters.

For earthquakes, Cicerale is in zone 3 of the national classification, like 43 of the 158 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.091 g, a moderate to low value. In older houses the roof, floors and damp matter most.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel. On the slopes of the Cilento hills, landslide hazard is checked on the official maps house by house.

Key points

  • Cilento hills, inside the national park, above Agropoli.
  • Over-65s at 28.3%, against 22.7% provincially.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.091 g.
  • In the park: stricter rules on extensions and changes of use.

Overview

Cicerale is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,176 residents, ranked 114 of 158 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cicerale is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 43 of 158 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.091 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 4.6%. 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 3.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cicerale declared an average taxable income of 16,004 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cicerale is in climate zone D, with 1,731 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 475 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cicerale has 3 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 3.6% of the land in Cicerale, 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 Cicerale.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Cicerale: 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 Cicerale 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 13 inhabited census areas in Cicerale. 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 065042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.